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HEBREW  CONGREGATIONS. 


"1  will  sing  unto  the  Lord  while  1  live  :   I  will  sing  praise  unto 
my  God  while  I  exist."     Psalm  civ.,  v.  33. 


Fourth  Edition,  Revised  and  Coebected. 


CHARLESTON,   S.    C: 

PUBLISHED   BY   THK 

CONGREGATION   BETH   ELOHIM. 

A.  M.  WW. 


Entered   according    to   Act    of    Congress,   in     the  year    1856, 

by  the  Hebrew  Congregation 

BETH  ELOHIM, 

In  the  Clerk's  office  of  the  District  Court  of  the  United  States, 

for  the    District   of  Pouth   Carolina. 


CHARLESTON,    S.    C. 

EDWARD    PERRY,    PRINTER, 

149  Meeting  Stkket.— 1875. 


INDEX  OF  SUBJECTS. 


Hymn? 
I.  CONSECRATION  HYMNS 1—3 

II.  ATTRIBUTES  OF  GOD. 

1.  Unity  of  God 4 — 5 

2.  Immutability  of  God 6 

3.  Omnipotence 7 — 8 

4.  Omniscience 9-11 

5.  Omnipresence 12-13 

6.  Divine  Love 14 

7.  Divine  Mercy 15-19 

8.  Divine  Providence 20-22 

9.  Divine  Providence  in  relation  to 

Israel 23-26 

III.  THE  DIGNITY  AND  DESTINY  OF  MAN. 

1.  Man's  Dignity 27 

2.  Man,  the  Image  of  God 28 

3.  Virtue 29-30 

4.  Piety 31-38 

5.  Immortality  of  the  Soul 39-43 

6.  Commemoration  of  the  Dead LI  46 


IV  ENDEX    OF    SUBJECTS. 

Hymns. 
IV.  RELATION  BETWEEN  GOD  AND  MAN. 

1.  Revelation 46 

2.  Divine  Law 17 

3.  Religion Is  :>1 

4.  Duties  towards  God. 

1.  Acquisition    of   the    Knowledge    of 

the  Lord 52 

2.  Obedience  to  the  Will  of  God 53-56 

3.  Faith  in  God 57-60 

1.  Hope  in  God 61-64 

5.  Love  of  God 65 

6.  Gratitude  towards  God 66-67 

7.  Submission  to  the  Will  of  God 68-8] 

5.  Duties  towards  Ourselves. 

1.  Self-knowledge 82 

2    Self-examination - 

3.  Humility - 

4.  Contentment 90-94 

5.  For  the  Sick 95 

6.  Preparation  for  Death 96 

6.  Duties  towards  Others. 

1.  Truth 97—98 

2.  Honesty 99 

3.  Justice 100 

4.  Righteousness 101 

5.  Forbearance 102-105 

6.  Brotherly  Love 106-108 

7.  Filial  Love 109-110 

8.  Matrimonial   Love Ill 

9.  Charity 112-119 

V.  MISCELLANEOUS  HYMNS. 

1.  Faith,  Hope,  and  Love 120 

2.  Pbayeb 1  _'  1    L24 


[NDEX    OF    SUBJECTS,  V 

H  y  1 1 1  n». 

3    Divine  Worship L25-127 

I.   Devotion 128    L29 

5.  Pbaise  and  Thanksgiving 130-14] 

t>.  Morning 142 

7.  Evening 143 

v  Spring  11 1 

9.  Winter L46-146 

10.  Peace 147-148 

11.  Our  Country 149 

1 2.  Penitence 150-163 

VI.  SABBATH    HYMNS 164-177 

VIL  FESTIVAL  HYMNS. 

1.  New  Year  (Roshe  Hashanah) .178-18] 

2.  Day    of    Atonement   (Yome    Hakip- 

pureem ) 182-186 

o.  Tabernacles  uSuccoth) 1S7-191 

4.  Feast  oe  Dedication  (Hanuccah) 192-194 

5.  Feast  of  Esther  (Pureem) 195-196 

6.  Passover  (Pesachj 197-2<>1 

7.  Pentecost  (Shabungoth) 202-204 

VIII.  CONFIRMATION  HYMNS 205-207 

APPENDIX. 

SCHOOL  HYMNS 208-210 

HEBREW   HYMNS pages  210-212 


INDEX  OF  FIRST  LINES. 


Number.  Page. 

ABOVE  all  honor  and  all  praise 137  L35 

Affliction  cometh  not  from  dust 73  74 

All  living  souls  shall  bless  Thy  name 136  134 

Almighty  God  !  Thy  special  grace 195  190 

Almighty  God !  we  pray  to  Thee 210  209 

Almighty  God  !  whose  will  alone 11  15 

A  mournful  lament  for  the  dead 41  44 

Arise!  let  the  souls  of  the  Hebrews  rejoice 194  189 

BEFORE  the  glorious  orbs  of  light 4  7 

Begin  the  holy  hymn  of  praise 129  127 

Between  the  past  and  future  year 178  171 

Blest  are  th'  enlight'ners  of  mankind 50 

Blest  is  the  bond  of  wedded  love Ill  110 

Blest  is  the  man  to  whom  the  Lord 36  39 

Bounteous  Father  !  by  what  course 115  113 

By  Babel's  streams  Thy  children  wept 2  5 

("AST  me  not  from  Thy  presence,  Lord 158  154 

Comfort  ye,  O  Israel !  and  lift  no  more 186  180 

Creator  of  the  universe 163  158 


[NDEX    OF    FIRS!     I.  INKS.  Vli 

Number.  Pago. 

DAUGHTERS  of  Lsrael!  arise 165  160 

Deep  silence  reigned  in  Isaac's  tent 56  58 

Descend  into  thyself,  my  soul 83  83 

Despond  not,  O  my  heart 76  76 

Divine  Disposer  of  events 10  14 

Draw  nigh,  0  Lord'  unto  my  soul 70  71 

EARLY  and  late  my  God  I  seek 98  96 

Eternal,  almighty,  invisible  God 133  131 

Eternal  love  is  Thine,  0  God 184  178 

Exalted  theme  of  human  praise...  156  151 

Extol  the  King  who,  throned  above 135  133 

Exult,  my  soul !  in  consciousness  proud 28  33 

FATHER  of  mercies  !  on  this  morning 185  178 

Father  of  nations  !  Judge  divine 149  144 

Father!  will  abstinence,  or  prayer,  or  song 99  97 

Fear  not,  fear  not,  0  Jeshurun 25  30 

Formless  and  void  creation  stood 53  56 

Frail,  feeble,  inefficient  man 80  80 

From  my  voice  shall  virtue's  praise  proceed 157  152 

GATHER  and  worship!  the  first  star  of  eve...  161  159 

( Jlorified  throughout  all  time 7  H 

Glory  and  praise  to  the  bountiful  Sire 138  135 

Glory  not  in  a  gift  so  vain 52  54 

Glory  to  God!  whose  outstretched  hand 200  196 

God  dwells  in  light 193  188 

God  of  my  fathers  !  in  Thy  sight 207  205 

God  of  my  fathers!  merciful  and  just 39  43 

Godofpower!  in  Thy  gift 29  34 

God  of  the  earth,  the  air,  the  sea 197  1  92 

God  of  the  Sabbath  !    to  Thy  praise 170  163 

God  of  the  universe  !  unfailing  friend 79  79 


Yin  [NDEX    TO    FIRST    LINES. 

Number.  Page. 

God  Supreme !  to  Thee  I   pray 68  70 

God!  to  my  spirit's  great  delight 205  202 

Great  Arbiter  of  human  fate 192  186 

HALLELUJAH'  praise  to  Thee 199  L95 

Hallelujah 201  197 

Hallow  my  Sabbaths  !   Will  Israel  respond 171  l'w 

Happy  he  whom  nature  mouldeth 206  204 

Have  mercy  on  Thy  servant,  Lord 151  147 

Healer  of  the  wounded  heart 74  75 

Hearken  not,  man!    to  the  voice  of  self-love....     &6  86 

Hear  my  voice  and  grant  my  pray'r 95  94 

Here  at  this  temple's  holy  shrine 127  125 

He  spoke;  and  through  the  gloom  profound 107  101 

Holy  and  everlasting  One 144  141 

House  of  Judah,  bless  the  Lord L39  L36 

How  beautiful  it  is  to  see 106  104 

How  cold  that  man  !  to  faith  how  dead 20  24 

How  desolate  thy  fields  and  vales 187  181 

How  great,  how  pure  is  my  delight 191  185 

How  long  will  man,  in  pleasure  merged 32  37 

How  oft  has  man,  with  "heart  of  stone" L19  117 

How  sad  the  wintry  hours  seem 146  112 

I  LIFT  mine  eyes  unto  the  hills 61  03 

I  saw  a  palace  proud  and  high 113  111 

I  tremble  not ;  Thou,  Lord,  art  nigh 13  17 

I  weep  not  now  as  once  I  wept ">7  59 

I  wept  when  from  my  eager  grasp 71  72 

1  will  extol  Thee,  O  my  King L9  23 

I  will  still  remain  with  Thee 21 

li  mortal  vision  may  no*  meet 1  lo  L37 

[n  glory,  Lord!  dost  Thou  appear 

1  ii  God,  the  holy,  wise,  and  just 9  13 


[NDEX    OF    FIRST    LINES.  IX 

Number.  Page. 

In  harmony  with  heaven's  peace 171  164 

In  holiness,  eternal  Lord 34 

In  perilous  probation  here  124  122 

In  the  great  seal.-.-  of  human  life i»0  89 

Intensely  radiant  was  thy  peak. 110  108 

Into  the  tomb  of  ages  past 179  173 

Is  there  within  the  world's  wide  hound 148  144 

Israel!  to  holy  numbers  3  6 

It  is  the  solemn  Sabbath-day 166  160 

LEADERS  of  Israel!  arise  152  1  1% 

Let  choral  songs  of  gladness  flow 46  49 

Let  me  for  present  hoars  borrow 93  92 

Let  the  Lord  be  ever  praised 131  129 

Let  the  standard  of  truth  by  Judah  he  planted     97  95 

Let  there  be  love !  it  is  the  light 107  105 

Let  thy  heart  for  ever  delight  in  the  Lord 59  61 

Let  us  to  prayer ;    it  is  the  holy  time 202  199 

Lift,  lift  the  voice  of  praise  on  high 126  124 

Lo!    He  sleeps  and  slumbers  not .-.     24 

Look  down,  O  God !  with  gracious  eye 1*1  171 

Lord!   let  Thy  countenance  now  shine 75  76 

Lord',  my  Redeemer  and  my  Rock 38  12 

Lord  of  the  world !  when  I  behold 183  176 

Lord!  what  is  man,  that  Thou  shouldst  take...     51  53 

Lord!  when  1  hear  Thy  holy  law 17  50 

MAX  of  the  world'   wilt  thou  not  pause 33 

Many  are  the  pains  and  sorrows 77  77 

Morn  breaks  upon  Moriah's  height 180  173 

Mournfully  chant !  for  our  choir  accords 160  155 

My  God,  my  Father,  and  my  Guide 39 

My  God!  my  God!  to  Thee  1  cling 81  Bl 

My  hearjl  ia  bared  to  Thee,  0  Lord 182  176 


X  INDEX    OF    FIRST    LINES. 

Number.  Pago. 

NOT  for  affliction,  gracious  God 14  19 

Now  let  the  hand  of  toil  suspend 172  166 

O'ER  all  this  wide  and  beauteous  earth 17  22 

Of  all  the  virtues  that  we  find 102  100 

Of  heaven's  bounties  let  us  sing 190  lsl 

)  God  !  as  we  on  nature  gaze 6  9 

)  God  !  to-day  our  joyful  song  of  praise 196  191 

)God!  to  Thy  paternal  grace 58  60 

)  God  !  within  Thy  temple  walls 27  32 

)h  !  answer  me,  my  God  !  this  day 150  146 

Oh!  blest  be  he  who  ne'er  forgets  the  poor 116  114 

)h  '  ever  adverse  to  the  scheme 103  101 

)h!  fill  our  hearts,  almighty  King 208  208 

)h  !  how  imperfect,  blind,  and  false 36  40 

)h  !  how  shall  man  with  God  contend 54  57 

)h  !  let  us  mingle  heart  and  voice 198  193 

)h !  love  the  Lord  with  all  thy  heart 65  67 

)h  !  plaintive  be  the  touch  and  tone 162  157 

)h  !  sad  is  nature's  aspect  now 145  141 

)h  !  that  on  morning's  dewy  wings 69  71 

)h!  turn  at  meek  devotion's  call 31  36! 

Jh  !  what  avails  my  destination 30  35 

)h  !  whence  doth  human  happiness  arise 91  90 

)h  '  where  is  he  who  yesterday 94  93 

)h  !  worship  God!  approach  His  shrine 125  123 

)h  '   worship  not  at  glory's  shrine 154  150 

)  King  of  glory  !  when  we  contemplate L6  21 

)  man!  frail  child  of  finite  pow'rs  44  47 

)n  dim  futurity  with  idle  aim 92  9] 

One  God  !  One  Lord  !  One  mighty  King 5  s 

)n  Shinar's  plain  see  Babel's  tower  rise ss 

)  Thou  !   in  whom  the  power  dwells 72  73 

)  thou!  possesl  of  health  and  bloom 96  94 


INDEX    OF    FIRST     LINER.  XI 

Number.  Page. 

0  Thou  '  who,  as  the  great  Unknown 147  143 

O  Thou  !  who  dwell'st  in  heights  supernal 45  48 

0  Thou  !  whoso  shrino  the  sweetest  incense  hears  112  110 

O  uncreated  Holy  One 132  130 

Out  of  sorrow's  depths  [cry 87  <s7 

PRAISE  the  Counselor  supreme 188  182 

Praise  the  Lord  God,  the  glorious  Supreme 173  166 

Praise  to  the  God  of  nations  sing 177  170 

Praise  ye  the  Lord'  for  it  is  good 130  128 

Pray  in  the  night,  when  silence  and  the  stars...  118  116 

Pray  when  the  morn  unveileth 121  119 

Prepare  and  purify  my  heart 175  168 

Princes  of  earth,  bend  lowly  down 141  138 

REBUKE  me  not,  nor  chasten   me 60  62 

Refreshed  by  sleep,  that  sovereign  balm 142  139 

Refuge  I  seek  at  the  shrine  of  devotion 128  126 

Rejoice  in  God,  our  mighty  Rock 203  200 

Remember,  man,  while  thou  art  young 49  52 

Rest  for  the  Lord'  The  work  is  done 176  169 

Return,  O  Lord  !  and  let  me  be 114  112 

Rude  are  the  tabernacles  now 189  183 

SOURCE  of  Mercy,  Truth,  and  Grace 168  162 

Stranger  to  that  pure  ambition 159  154 

Stretched  languidly  upon  his  couch 117  US 

THE  heavens,  Almighty!  Thy  glory  declare...  37  41 

The  Lord,  a  watchful  guardian,  reigns 143  140 

The  Lord  of  heaven  reigns 8  12 

The  prophet  to  the  people  said 100  i|s 

The  sun  shines  on  with  glorious  light 23  2V 

Though  faith's  discordant  worshipers  may  rear  123  121 

Though  1  from  kindred  meet  hut  scorn 62  64 


XU  INDEX    OP    FIRST    LINES. 

Number.  Pa.ee. 

Though  man  of  all  the  ruin  hears 42  l~> 

Though  sorrows  may  be  multiplied 55  57 

To  man,  with  reason's  gift  endued 67  69 

To  smile  when  we  on  life's  breakers  arc  tossed     Ts  5] 

Through  the  valley  of  tears  as  we  thoughtfully      13  46 

Truly  and  tenderly  should  1 108  106 

UNLESS  the  land  where  ye  abide 26  3] 

'Unto  Thine  altar,  King  of  kings 155  150 

WE  bless  Thee,  0  Lord!  as  the  bountiful  Source   134  L32 

We  bring  not  to  our  holy  shrine 204  201 

We  look  to  Thee,  ineffable  King 22  27 

Weeping,  and  loth  from  all  she  loved  to  part...      L8  22 

What  cause  hast  thou,  0  Israel!  for  tears. L05  L03 

What  painful  mem'ries  from  the  buried  past....    153  1  !•> 
When  Faith,  too  young  for  a  suhlimer  creed....       1 

When  grief  on  the  heart  has  weighed 64  66 

When  I  remember,  O  my  God 109  1<>S 

When  I  would  smile,  remembrance  brings. 78  7V 

When  light  broke  forth  at  God's  command 15  20 

When  morning  paints  the  eastern  sky »<>  11 

When  night  from  nature's  kingdom  Hies 122  li)(l 

Wherefore  Hallelujah  Biqg L2  1  *  > 

While  man  explores  with  curious  eye 82  82 

Who,  God  of  glory'  shall  be  found. 101  "l» 

Who  is  thai  angel  of  the  universe 120  118 

Why  art  thou  cast  down,  my  soul 63  65 

Why,  O  heedless  mortal  1  dost  thou  fly 84  84 

Why,  Oman!  is  not  thy  soul's  desire 104  102 

With  ardoit  love  and  reverence  deep 66  »is 

With  grateful  hearts  of  SOng  and  praise 209  208 

With  joyful  heart  I  greel  again.. 169  163 

Woe  unto  Zion!  Bhe is  spoiled L61  L66 


HYMNS. 


HYMNS. 


i 


1.  CONSECRATION  HYMNS.* 


1  When  Faith,  too  young  for  a  sublimer  c] 
i  1     simple  text  from  nature's  volume  taught, 
'wakened  Melody,  who.se  shell  and  reed, 
Though  rude,  upon  her  spirit  gently 
wrought. 
But  soon  from  sylvan  altars  she  took  wing, 
And  music  followed  still  the  angel's:: 

no  more,  she  touched  a  golden  si. 
And  sung  of  God,  in  Revelation's  light. 
Lend,  lend  our  chords,  ye  seraph-pair, 

The  soul  of  Jesse's  son, 
That  we  may  in  harmonious  pra 
Exalt  the  Holy  One  ! 

2,  and  3  were  sung  at  the  consecration  of 
ill'-  Synagogue  of  the  Congregation  Beth  Elohim,  on 
Friday,  the  26th  of  Adar,  A.  M.,  5601. 


2  Girt  in  His  Lightning  rob  sjave  the  law, 

From  trembling  Sinai,  to  His  eldest-born  ; 
Tablets,  that  time  from  memory  could  not  draw, 

A  talisman  in  Judah's  bosom  worn. 
His  spirit  before  thousands  past, 

To  one  alone  revealed  ; 
And  'mid  the  thunder's  awful  blast, 

Faith's  covenant  was  sealed. 

3  '    Eim  first,  Him  last,"  Him  let  us  ever  sing, 

Whose   promise  yet  the    Hebrew    pilgrim 
cheers  ; 
Who  shall   His  wandering  people  once  more 
bring 
Back  to  the  glory  of  departed  years. 
Bright  pillar  of  our  desert  path, 

Through  shame  and  scorn  adored  ; 
Thy  mercy  triumph's  o'er  thy  wrath, 
Creator,  King,  and  Lord  ! 

4  Lost  is  the  pomp,  that  in  the  land  of  palms 

Thy  regal  temple  on  Moriah  graced  ; 
No  wreathing  incense  here  Thy  shrine  embalms, 
No  cherub-plumes  are  round  its  altars 
placed. 
Our  censer  is  the  "  vital  urn," 
Our  ark  's  upborne  by  zeal  ; 
To  these,  Almighty  !  wilt  thou  turn 
At  Israel's  appeal. 

5  Now,  let  joyous  Hallelujah's  ring, 

The  fallen  casts  her  ashes  far  away  ; 
Behola  another  fane  from  ruin  spring, 
In  brighter  and  more  beautiful  array, 


Enter  in  brotherly  accord 
God's  holy  dwelling-place  ; 

Chastened  in  spirit  and  in  word, 
There  supplicate  His  grace. 

G  Hear,  0  Supreme  !  our  hnmble  invocation  ; 
Our  country ,   kindred,   and    the    stranger 
bless  ! 
Bless,  too,  this  sanctuary's  consecration, 

Its  hallowed  purpose  on  our  hearts  impress, 
Still,  still  let  choral  harmony 
Ascend  before  Thy  throne  ; 
While  echoing  seraphim  reply  : 

The  Lord  our  God  is  One  !         p.  m. 


•> 


COMFORT    YE!     COMFORT    YE : 

Isaiah,  chap,  xl.,  v.  1. 

1  By  Babel's  streams  Thy  children  wept ; 
Then  mute,  0  Israel  !  was  thy  choir  ; 
While  as  thy  weary  exiles  slept, 
And  on  the  willow  hung  thy  lyre, 
A  seraph's  voice,  soft  as  the  dew, 

Fell  on  their  dream  with  "Nahamoo.'' 

2  No  song  made  glad  that  mournful  voice  : 

No  ease  was  for  that  bruised  breast. 
Till  He  who  led  thee  to  rejoice, 

Sent  forth  from  Zion  His  behest  ] 
Firm  as  thy  faith  in  Him  was  true, 
Like  manna  fell  the   %'  Nahamoo." 

3  The  stranger  hath  usurped  the  seat 

Where,  crowned  with  glory,  blaz'd  thy  fane 


"  The  flow'ry  brooks  thy  hallow'd  feet 
Still  wash,*'  0  Zion  !  still  remain 
To  mark  the  ruin  and  renew 
The  memory  of  the  "  Nahamoo." 

4  God's  mercies  shine,  a  lingering  beam, 
The  pilgrim  on  his  path  to  light ; 
From  Sinai's  brow,  from  Jordan's  stream, 
From  off'rings  of  the  heart  contrite. 
His  promises  all  our  hopes  imbue 
With  blessings  of  the  "  Nahamoo." 

j.  o.  L. 

1  Israel !  to  holy  numbers 

Tune  thy  harp's  exalting  strain 
From  its  long  entranced  slumbers 
Wake  to  life  its  soul  again. 

2  Give  to  song  its  ancient  glories, 
Let  the  pealing  anthems  rise, 
Proudly  to  rehearse  the  stories — 
Gem'd  with  glory  from  the  skies. 

B  Gently  chaunt  fair  Miriam's  praise, 
Faith  sustained  her  heart  sincere  ; 
'Twas  her  first  enraptured  lays. 
Sounding  timbrils  tuned  to  prayer. 

4  Rejoicing  went  the  welcom 

As  to  heaven  up  it  rose, 
Sweet  spirits  would  the  sound  prolong, 
Half  awak'ning  from  repos 

5  Almighty  God  !  before  this  shrine 

Man  his  Maker  worships  free  ; 
Oh  !   bless  H  with  Thy  love  divine, 
Fill  il  with  Thy  charity, 


God  is  eternal — and  alone  ' 

Humbly  let  us  bend  the  knee, 
While  seraph's  guard  His  sacred  throne, 

Linking  immortality. 


II.   ATTRIBUTES   OF   GOD. 

1.   UNITY   OF   GOD. 

(Adone  Ngolam.) 

1  Before  the  glorious  orbs  of  light 
Had  shed  one  blissful  ray, 
In  awful  power  the  Lord  of  mighl 
Reigned  in  eternal  day. 

2  At  His  creative,  holy  word. 

The  voice  of  nature  spoke  : 
Unnumber'd  worlds,  with  one  accord. 
To  living  joys  awoke. 

3  Then  was  proclaimed  the  mighty  K 

In  majesty  on  high  ; 
Then  did  the  holy  creatures  sing 
His  praises  through  the  sky. 

4  All  merciful  in  strength  he  reigns. 

Immutable.  Supre] 
His  hand  the  universe  sustains. 
He  only  can  redeem. 

5  He  is  1  he  m  !  al<  me, 

H;  e  fills  the  world  ; 

1 1  •■  will  '■  irever  reign,  the  ( )ne 
'•nab  only  Lord  ! 


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Almighty,  powerful  and  just, 
Thou  art  my  God,  my  friend ! 

My  rock,  my  refuge,  and  my  trust, 
On  Thee  my  hopes  depend. 

Oh !  be  my  guardian  whilst  I  sleep, 
For  thou  didst  lend  me  breath ; 

And  when  I  wake  my  spirit  keep, 
And  save  my  soul  in  death.  d.  n. 


1  One  God  !  One  Lord  !   One  mighty  King  ! 
In  unity  will  Judah  sing ; 
Transmitting  e'er  from  sire  to  sou 
The  truth  that  God  is  only  One. 

2  Thee,  Sovereign  of  the  universe, 
Through  ages,  'mid  all  sects  diverse, 
The  Hebrew  child  is  taught  to  praise, 
To  lisp  Thy  name,  and  learn  Thy  ways. 

3  To  Thee  alone,  when  life  recedes, 
The  dying  Israelite  still  pleads  ; 
In  One  Redeemer,  God,  and  guide 
His  fleeting  spirit  doth  confide. 

4  Centre  and  Source  of  truth  sublime  ' 
The  sun  is  but  a  lamp  of  time, 

A  transient  spark  by  mercy  fed, 
That  man  might  up  to  Thee  be  led. 

5  Thy  law  is  that  eternal  Light, 

That  dawning  first  on  Horeb's  height, 
Still  deigns  on  Israel  to  shine. 
A  proof  of  grace  and  love  divine. 

6  It  penetrates  the  stubborn  heart, 
And  purifies  its  sinful  part. 


The  voice  of  God,  0  Judah  !  hear, 

And  fix  His  law  for  ever  there.  p.  M, 


2.    IMMUTABILITY   OF   GOD. 

Psalm  xc. 

£  1  0  God  !  as  we  on  nature  gaze, 

We  see  through  all  her  mighty  maze, 

The  spirit  of  mutation  ; 
Thou  art  alone  with  power  endued 
To  triumph  o'er  vicissitude  ; 
Thou  knowest  no  variation. 
Stars  disappear 
From  heaven's  sphere, 
Yet  Thou  art  there  ! 
Seas  shrink  to  rills, 
High  rocks  to  hills  ; 
Such  change  but  nature's  law  fulfills. 

2  Exhaustless  Source  of  countless  suns  \ 
Thy  voice  to  earth's  unheeding  ones 

This  mandate  e'er  resoundeth  : 
Alike  ye  abject  and  august, 
Sink,  downward  sink,  to  kindred  dust, 
Where  death  his  empire  foundeth. 

God  of  the  spheres  ! 

A  thousand  years 

One  day  appears 

To  Thee,  whose  hand 

The  heavens  spanned, 
And  worlds  on  worlds  stupendous  planned. 

3  We  are  as  flowers  of  the  mead, 
Bearing  corruption's  fatal  seed 

Within  our  heart's  re  ■■■■ — 


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But,  oh  !  believe  the  truth  we  sing, 
To  soul  and  blossom  comes  a  spring, 
That  vivifies  and  blessi 

Each  hath  its  tears, 
Each  tribute  bears 
Of  sweets  or  prayers ; 
But  man,  whose  mind 
(rod's  image  shrined, 
Shall  place  among  immortals  find. 

Behold  the  grass  with  dew-drops  decked  ! 
Canst  thou  in  its  green  spires  detect 

Aught  that  decay  portendeth  ? 
Yet  look,  at  eve,  on  each  young  blade 
That  in  the  beams  of  morning  played, 
Out  down — with  dust  it  blendeth. 

Type  of  man's  fate  ! 

With  youth  elate 

His  mortal  date 

Remote  appears  : 

'Till  waning  years 
Wither  the  verdure  life  first  bears. 

Three-score — how  small  a  part  is  this. 
Of  ages  cast  in  that  abyss 

Where  time  his  victims  hideth  ; 
That  tomb  of  many  yesterdays, 
f"r«»m  which  a  voice  proceeds  and  says 
To  those  whom  reason  guidetb  . 
From  this  our  grave, 
Ye  fair  and  brave, 
Your  morrows  save 

i  by  negleci 
Tli'--  bwo  are  wrecked, 
And  buried  'neal  h  oblivion's  wn\  e 


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6  Then  count  the  moments  as  they  pass. 
Shining  or  dark,  from  time's  sand-glass, 

Ere  they  depart  for  ever: 
From  each  some  blessed  thought  extract. 
To  each  attach  some  godly  act, 
Or  virtuous  endeavor. 

Then  shall  no  change 

Your  peace  derange, 

Your  souls  estrange 

From  that  great  guide 

Who  rules  the  tide, 
That  past  from  future  doth  divide. 

7  Immutability  is  Thine, 
Creator,  King,  and  Lord  divine, 

In  whom  perfection  dwell eth  ! 
Oh !  bring  us  nearer  to  Thy  throm 
Let  us  from  angels  catch  the  tone 
That  of  thy  glory  telleth. 

Oh  !  bless  the  meek 

Who  daily  seek 

Thy  praise  to  speak  ; 

Whose  efforts  blend. 

Faith  to  extend 
In  Thee,  man's  never-changing  Friend  ! 

P.   M. 

3.  OMNIPOTENCE. 

1  Glorified  throughout  all  time, 
Be  the  name  of  (rod  Bupreme! 
Who  in  heaven  reigned  sublime. 
creation  felt  His  beam. 

2  He  the  world's  foundation  laid 
Bv  His  strength  of  will  af 


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Suns  and  stars  around  him  played. 
Catching  splendor  from  His  throne. 

3  Nature,  at  His  bidding,  brought 

Atoms  into  elements ; 
Works  of  beauty  then  were  wrought, 
Worthy  of  Omnipotence. 

4  Mountains  towered  high  and  vast, 

Seas  from  viewless  caverns  gushed, 
Infant  winds  serenely  passed, 
Flowers  into  being  blushed. 

5  Tenants  of  the  air  and  deep, 

Animals  that  tread  the  ground, 
Insect  tribes  that  o'er  it  creep, 
Were  to  life  and  order  bound. 

6  Man,  at  last,  God's  spirit  felt 

Glowing  warmly  in  his  soul  ; 
Earth  before  a  sov' reign  knelt, 
And  acknowledged  his  control. 

7  With  this  spark  of  light  divine, 

Shining  o'er  the  breast  within. 
Mortal,  oh  !  what  shame  is  thine, 

When  thou  fallest  into  sin.  P.  M. 


O    1  The  Lord  of  heaven  reigns. 
Eternal  and  sublime  ; 
All  limit  he  disdains 

Of  power,  space,  or  time. 

2  Though  ages  take  their  flight, 
No  change  in  Him  it  make 
Whose  raiment  is  the  light, 
Whose  voice  in  thunder  speaks, 


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3  Stars  with  Hie  essence  fraught, 

In  harmony  unite, 
To  praise  the  Hand  that  wroughl 

The  orbs  of  day  and  night. 

I    A  a  o  tean  ebbs  and  flows, 

Swayed  by  its  viewless  guide, 
In  tempest  or  repose, 
God  still  is  glorified. 

5  0  Lord  !  let  me  not  fail 

In  trials  of  the  soul  ; 
Let  perfect  faith  prevail : 
And  pious  self-control. 

6  Desert  not  Thy  frail  charge, 

But  with  a  father's  care 
My  beart  and  mind  enlarge, 

To  bear  and  to  forbear.  r.  m. 

4.  OMNISCIENCE. 

Q   1  In  God,  the  holy,  wise,  and  just, 
v  From  childhood's  tender  years, 

Have  I  reposed  with  perfect  trust 
My  worldly  hopes  and  fears. 

2  From  every  page  that  time  has  turned, 

Since  that  bright  season  fled, 
Some  useful  lesson  have  I  learned, 
Some  striking  moral  read. 

3  The  prize  ambition  keenly  sought, 

A  worthless  bauble  proved  ; 
The  web  of  gold  by  av'rice  wrought, 
A  mighty  Hand  removed. 


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4  No  self-exalting  .scheme  can  man, 

Unknown  to  God,  project  ; 
No  dark  device  the  sland'rer  plan, 
Which  He  will  not  detect. 

5  In  vain  would  evil-doers  hope 

His  scrutiny  to  fly  ; 
Nought  passes  beneath  heaven's  cope, 
Unnoticed  by  His  eye. 

6  Oh  !  should  my  term  of  life  exceed 

Frail  man's  allotted  days, 
In  age  to  Mercy  would  I  plead 

For  strength  my  God  to  praise.  P.  M. 


4i\   1  Divine  Disposer  of  events  ! 
-^•^  To  whom  all  praise  belongs  ; 

Each  attribute  of  Thine  present  - 
A  theme  for  countless  songs. 

1}  Though  mortal  years  were  multiplied 
A  thousand  thousand  fold; 
Yet  time  would  scarcely  be  supplied, 
Thy  powers  to  unfold. 

3  How  shall  a  feeble,  finite  mind 

01'  Thine  omniscience  sing? 
Wisdom  for  this  no  words  can  find, 
And  melody  no  string. 

4  In  timid  tones  if  angels  speak 

Of  Thee,  all-knowing  God  ! 
How  then  shall  man,  minute  and  weak. 
Thy  excellencies  laud  ? 

5  All  heights  and  depths  in  nature's  bound 

Are  visible  to  Thee, 


The  lofty  heart,  the  mind  profound, 
mountain  and  the 

.  ••  but  Thine,  eternal  King  ! 
Can  penetrate  the  grave; 
No  hand  but  Thine  from  thence  can  I 
The  soul  Thy  grace  will  save. 

Oh  !   let  us  then  in  virtue's  scale 

Strive  ever  to  ascend, 
And  find,  beyond  this  tearful  vale, 

An  everlasting  Friend.  P.  M. 

Genesis,  chap,  xvi.,  v.  13. 

4  4    1  Almighty  God!  whose  will  alone 
-*--■-  Sufficed  the  world  to  fabricate; 

Whose  comprehensive  glance  is  thrown 
O'er  every  empire,  realm  and  state  : 

How  from  Thy  ever-searching  eye, 
Can  man  the  heart's  dominion  hide  ? 

Where  passions  among  virtues  lie, 
reptiles  among  flowers  glide. 

2  Father  oi  mercies  !  aid  my  soul 
-  failings  to  eradicate  ; 
truth  its  every  thought  control. 
Its  every  feeling  elevate. 
Fearless  before  Thee  let  me  stand. 
0  Lord  !  in  conscious  rectitude  ; 
And  feel,  when  human  deeds  are  scanned. 
That  mine  with  favor  shall  be  viewed. 

P.  M. 


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5.  OMNIPRESENCE. 

10  1  Wherefore  Hallelujah  sing, 
*  &         0  thou  who  knowest  not 

Where  an  omnipresent  King 

May  by  thy  soul  be  sought? 
Canst  thou  fix  the  point  or  place 
•  That  His  spirit  holdeth  ? 
Earth  and  heaven,  time  and  space, 
In  His  grasp  He  foldeth. 

2  Dust-born  atom !  look  above, 

Where  lustrous  worlds  are  shrined  : 
Ask,  if  all-pervading  Love, 

To  these  His  light  confined  ? 
Let  proud  ocean's  voice  attest, 

(Though  fathomless  to  man,) 
If  ubiquity  may  rest 

Within  its  mighty  span. 

3  Ask  of  the  blast  that  rendeth 

The  forest's  sylvan  robe, 
Whether  it  comprehendeth 

The  Ruler  of  the  globe  ? 
Turn  from  living  elements 

To  those  by  death  dissolve*]  ; 
Ever-present  Providence  ! 

Art  Thou  in  these  involved  ? 

4  All  repeat  as  they  respond  : 

"What  can  the  boundless  hold?  " 
Answered  from  the  world  beyond  : 

"  Naught  of  a  finite  mould  !  " 
Yet  by  whirlwinds,  stars  and  sei 

The  Lord  is  magnified  ; 
Shall  not  human  praise  then  pL 

Our  omnipresent  Quid 


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Oh !  then  Let  ii"  emotion 

By  which  the  heart  is  swaj 
Prevent  that  Jeep  devotion, 

That  should  to  God  be  paid. 
i  life  and  solitude 

Alike  shall  prompt  the  prayer, 
That  faith,  hope,  and  gratitude 

Before  His  throne  shall  bear.  P.  M. 

I  tremble  not  !  Thou,  Lord,  art  nigh, 

All-knowing  and  all-seeing  ! 
To  Thee,  disconsolate,  I  fly, 

Kind  Guardian  of  my  being. 
From  infancy  to  age  mature, 
Thee  only  did  my  soul  adore. 

2  To  ev'ry  evil  that  annoys, 

To  every  trial  fearful, 
Thou  bringest  some  light  counterpoise, 

To  make  earth's  vale  less  tearful. 
But,  oh  !  how  few  interpret  right, 
Either  the  blessing  or  the  blight. 

3  Sad  consciousness  have  I,  alas ! 

Of  sinful  meditation  ; 
O'er  which  Omniscience  cannot  pass 

Without  stern  reprobation. 
Yet  doubt  shall  not  my  faith  debase, 
That,  sets  no  limit  to  Thy  grace. 

4  Self-kindled,  Thine  intelligence 

The  universe  enlightens ; 
And  darkness,  e'en  the  most  intense, 

To  mid- day  splendor  brightens. 
Guilt  vainly  seeks  nocturnal  shades. 
Since  naught  Thy  mighty  grasp  evades, 

2 


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5  A  sinner's  cry.  a  seraph's  call, 

Alternate  Thou  attendest ; 
A  flower's  rise,  an  empire's  fall, 

In  one  survey  Thou  blendest. 
All  nature  'neath  Thy  glance  expands, 
But  who  Thine  essence  understands? 

6  "  Show  me  Thy  glory  ?  "  said  the  seer, 

Who  Sinai's  law  attested  ; 
"■In  graciousness  will  I  appear 

Before  Thee  manifested." 
Thus  did  the  voice  of  God  proclaim, — 
Goodness  and  glory  were  the  same. 

7  Invisibly  He  passeth  by 

His  children  every  hour, 
Who  from  devotion's  rock  descry 

His  majesty  and  power  ; 
But  none  among  the  living  seen 
May  contemplate  His  awful  mien. 

8  Yet  through  my  spirit,  oft  I  see 

His  countenance  all  beaming  ; 
When  charity,  by  His  decree, 

Worth  is  from  want  redeeming. 
And  man,  most  like  his  Maker,  shows 
When  this  pure  love  within  him  glows. 

9  I  tremble  not  my  heart  to  bare 

Before  Thee,  Judge  eternal  ! 
Whose  hand  will  dry  contrition's  tear, 

With  tenderness  paternal. 
Whose  mercy  hath  to  mortals  given 
Promise  and  foretaste  of  Thy  heaven. 

p.  M. 


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6.  DIVINE    LOVE. 

A  \    1   Not  for  affliction,  gracious  Grod!  . 
^^  Sons  of  dust  didst  Thou  create 

Blossoms  on  Thy  penal  rod, 
Its  keen  strokes  to  mitigate. 

2  Buds  of  joy  and  thorns  of  sorrow 

On  the  tree  of  life  arifi 
Care  to-day,  content  to-morrow, 
Thus  human  lot  diversifies. 

3  Upon  the  verge  of  midnight's  skies, 

Dawn's  silver  herald  gleams  ; 
So  hope,  that  on  grief's  border  lies, 
The  heart  from  gloom  redeems. 

i  And  as  night's  silence,  deep  and  drear, 
By  morning's  voice  is  broken, 
So  is, the  stillness  of  despair, 

By  words  that  faith  had  spoken. 

5  Winter,  inclement  and  unkind, 

Yet  guards  the  sleeping  flow 
That  spring  pn  its  return  may  find 
These^smiling  in  her  bowers. 

6  Adversity's  most  bitter  day 

From  us  this  world  estrangeth  ; 

But  for  the  soul  prepares  the  way 
To  one  that  never  changeth. 

7  The  thunder-clouds  of  war  contain 

Elements  of  peace  serene, 
That  brings  a  rainbow  back  again, 
Where  martial  storm  had  been. 

8  Meek  faith  converts  the  couch  of  pain 

Into  a  bed  of  roses  ; 


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For  there  we  moral  vigor  gain, 
To  bear  what  God  disposes. 

9  The  soul  there  breaks  it  carnal  shell, 
Impatient  for  that  station 
Where  saints  and  seraphs  ever  dwell. — 
The  kingdom  of  salvation. 

10  A  God,  a  Father,  holds  the  scale 
That  good  and  ill  comprises  ; 
Oh  !  then  let  trust  in  Him  prevail, 
Which  e'er  of  these  arises.  p.  m, 

7.  DIVINE   MERCY. 
Genesis,  chap,   ix.,  v.  13. 

1  When  light  broke  forth  at  God's  command, 
It  brightened  ocean,  air  and  land, 

'Twas   then  that  clouds,   and   shells,  and 

flowers 
Caught  vivid  colors  from  its  showers. 

2  But  soon  the  earth  waxed  bold  in  guilt, 
Defiling  shrines  by  virtue  built ; 
Proud  man  pursued  his  evil  course, 
Unchecked  by  reason  or  remorse. 

3  No  ray  of  light  creation  cheered  ; 
Skies  black  as  mortal  sin  appeared  ; 
Then  burst  the  deluge  o'er  the  doomed 
And  wrath  divine  a  world  entombed, 

4  Behold !  upon  the  wings  of  light, 
Tremble  the  rain-drops  large  and   bright  ; 
And,  lo  !  the  tears  of  recent  storm 

Have  taken  Mercy's  radiant  form. 


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5  The  bow,  the  covenant,  the  token, 
The  promise  never  to  be  broken, 
Expands  in  beauty  o'er  the  sod, 
Where  Noah  rears  a  shrine  to  God. 

p.  M. 

-i  /IJ   10  King  of  glory  !  when  we  contemplate 

*-"       Thy  majesty  and  our  mean  estate  ; 
Thy  purity,  that  by  the  angels  seen, 
Ma  kes  e  ven  their  bright  spirits  seem  unclean. 
How  wondrously  benign  dost  Thou  appear, 
O'er  mortals  to  extend  a  Father  s  care  ! 

2  Oh  !  were  it  not  for  mercy  such  as  Thine, 
How  could  the  conscious  sinner  seek  Thy 

shrine  ? 
How  hope  for  grace,  when  long  arrears  of  sin 
Recorded  stand  upon  the  soul  within  ? 
But  Thou,  0  Lord  !  with  clemency  divine, 
Wilt  not  the  guilty  to  despair  consign. 

3  Who    more    than    Judah    can    this    truth 

attest  ? 
To  whom  hath  goodness  been  more  manifest? 
Though  from  the  prophet's  harp  he  proudly 

turned. 
And  inspiration's  warning  music  spurned  ; 
Through  ages  he  to  Heaven's  promise  clings, 
And  far  from  Zion  of  salvation  sings. 

4  Beneath  the  pressure  of  a  thousand  ills, 
One  hope  the  heart  of  every  Hebrew  thrills, 
That  he  may  yet  prove  worthy  of  Thy  love, 
And  by  repentance  ling'ring  wrath  remove ; 
The  frown  of  Justice   change  to  Mercy's 

smile, 
Blest  as  an  Israelite  devoid  of  guile,      p.  M. 


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A  ^7  1  O'er  all  this  wide  and  beauteous  earth, 
^  ■  One  God  immortal  reign  — 

His  glory,  truth,  and  unity 
Link'd  by  eternal  chains. 

2  Let  angels  join  in  holy  song, 

Around  His  heav'nly  throne. 
And  mortals,  with  undying  hope 
Look  up  to  Him  alone. 

3  The  gratitude  of  ev'ry  heart 

Its  incense  bears  to  Thee, 
0  Ruler  of  the  starry  sky. 
The  earth  and  boundless  sea  I 

4  Thy  mercy  shines  divinely  bright, 

A  mild,  yet  glowing  beam, 
And  ev'ry  soul  that  worships  Thee, 
In  love  wilt  Thou  redeem. 

5  Thy  blessings  fall  like  morning  dews, 

To  cheer  each  troubled  breast  ; 
Thy  presence  o'er  the  universe 
For  ever  is  confessed. 

6  'Tis  Thou  canst  calm  the  angry  wa 

And  stillthe  tempest's  roar, 
Almighty  God  !  whose  glory  gilds 

Eternity's  bright  shore.  c.  M.  c. 

Genesis,  chap.  xxt. 

-10   1  Weeping,  and  loth  from  all  she  loved  to  ] 
-^  Stood  Hagar.   trembling  at   her  Lord's 

deer 
And,  oh  !  how  like  a  desert  was  her  heart, 
When  from  His  gentle  presence  urged 
to  flee. 


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2  But  Sarah's  looks,  full  of  indignant  scorn, 

The  truth  to  her  foreboding  soul  revealed; 

Forth  with  her  infant  son  she  fled  forlorn, 

And  to  his  Sire  above  for  aid  appealed. 

3  Her  scanty  bread  and  beverage  are  spent, 

Yet  Ishmael   sleeps  unconscious  of  her 

pain  : 
I  v  of  agony  to  God  is  sent : 
•  •  Would    that    the    child    would    never 

wake  again  !" 

4  The  earth  grows  brighter  where  the  mo- 

ther stands. 
A  hand  divine  arrests  her  falling  tears ; 
A  cloud  of  glory  gilds  the  burning  sands, 
And  a  celestial  voice  the  mourner  cheers. 

5  "Arise  and  drink  of  yonder  balmy  well  ! 

r  from   the  wilderness  henceforward 
roam ;  .  # 

Father  of  nations  here  the  lad  shall  dwell, 
With  freedom  blest  for  ages  yet  to  come." 

6  Oh,  ever  Bountiful  !  forsake  us  not, 

When  driven  forth  to  wander  through 

life's  waste  ; 
But  cheer  with   beams  of  love  each  barren 

spot, 
And  let  us  of  the  spring  of  mercy  taste. 

P.  M. 

Psalm  cxlv. 

1  I  will  extol  Thee,  0  my  King  ! 
Thy  holiness  proclaim  ; 
And  earth  with  ev'ry  voice^shall  sing. 

The  glories  of  Thv  name. 


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2  Thy  tender  mercies  brightly  shine, 

Immortal  is  Thy  pow'r  : 
Thy  love  a  beaming  ray  divine, 
That  lights  each  passing  hour. 

3  The  mem'ry  of  Thy  goodness,  still 

Shall  grateful  hearts  pervade  : 

Thy  majesty  and  glory#will 
For  ever  doe  displayed. 

4  The  eyes  all  shall  wait  on  Thee, 

For,  perfect  are  Thy  ways  ; 
And  pious  hearts  united  ; 

0  Maker  !  in  Thy  praise.  c.  M.  C. 

8.  DIVINE  PROVIDENCE. 

1  How  cold  that  man  !  to  faith  how  dead  ! 
Who,  having  nature's  volume  read. 

Finds  not,  from  first  to  last, 
Some  truth  that  to  his  moral  sense 
Proves  an  eternal  Providence — 
A  present,  future,  past. 

2  Below  the  brute  that  being  ranks. 
Who  fails  to  render  grateful  thanks, 

When  he  creation  scans  ; 
Where  mountains  lift  their  heads  sublime, 
Gray  witnesses  from  elder  time, 

Of  Wisdom's  mighty  plans. 

3  Where  forests  wave  and  oceans  flow, 
And  light  sheds  an  impartial  glow, 

Like  that  of  Mercy's  n 
Where  gentle  flowers  yield  their  sweets, 
And  ev'ry  warbling  bird  repeats, 

Instinctive  note-  <>f   praise. 


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Yet  such  there  are  in  human  kind, 
Whose  souls  to  worldly  claims  resigned, 

With  apathy  behold, 
Not  only  blossoms,  hills  and  streams, 
But  heaven  with  its  starry  be 

Of  incorruptive  gold. 

Blind  pilgrims  these  who  grope  their  way, 
Without  a  guide  their  steps  to  sway. 

Until  a  sudden  fall 
Reminds  them,  when  perhaps  too  late, 
Of  those  vicissitudes  of  fate 

Winch  for  religion  call. 

Oh!  then  will  startled  conscience  seek 

Peace  with  an  angry  God  to  make 
And  lips  will  move  in  prayer  ; 

Gracious  and  long-enduring  Lord  ! 

Pardon  e'en  then  wilt  Thou  accord. 

If  man  but  proves  sincere.  p.  m. 

Psalm  lxxvii. 

I  will  still  remain  with  Thee, 

My  God  !  in  each  vicissitude  ; 
Though  misfortune  compass  me, 

My  trust  shall  never  be  subdued. 
Father  !  to  Thy  hand  I  clii 
Seeking  refuge   neath  Thy  wing. 

When  some  bold  inquirer  asks  : 

Whom  callest  thoua  gracious  master  ? 

Is  it  love  that  overtasks  ? 

Is  it  grace  that  brings  disaster? 
Silencing  the  scoffer "s  strain. 
Faithful  still  do  1  remain. 


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3  Once  again  the  scorner  speaks  : 

Why  should  the  transgressor  flourish? 
Him  who  every  statute  breaks, 

Why  should  Heaven's  bounty  nourish? 
Fool  !  the  sun  matures  the  seeds, 
Both  of  flowers  and  of  weeds. 

4  But  beyond  life's  little  hour; 

Memory  the  blossom  shieldeth  ; 
For  each  leaflet  of  the  flower 

Still  a  grateful  odor  yieldeth  ; 
Whilst  noxious  plant,  decayed, 
Scentless  in  the  dust  is  laid. 

5  Thus  embalmed,  each  spirit  pure, 

By  remembrance  e'er  is  cherished  : 
Where  is  then  the  evil  doer  ? 

Where  the  place  on  which  he  perished  ? 
Let  oblivion  answer  this, 
From  its  dark  and  dread  abyss. 

6  Lord  !  to  Thee  will  I  adhere, 

Though  condemned  in  grief  to  languish; 
Though  the  whole  of  my  career 

May  be  spent  in  tears  and  anguish. 
.  See  I  not  a  better  land  ? 
Hold  I  not  a  Father's  hand  ? 

7  Source  of  lighl  and  purity  I 

Living,  let  truth  my  mind  illume  ; 
God  oi   all  tut  mi  t  y  ! 

Unlock  the  portals  of  my  tomb. 
Lei  my  soul  t  be  blessing  gain, 
With  Thee  ever  to  remain.  r.  m. 


00  1  We  look  to  Thee,  ineffable  K 
^^         Whose  spirit  dust  could  organi 

Into  each  bright  and  beauteous  thing 
That  in  the  globe's  wide  compass  Lies; 

Paternal,  providential  Lord  ! 

We  look  to  Thee  and  praise  accord. 


2  We  look  to  Thee,  protective  Power, 

Whose  beauty  for  no  claimant  waits  ; 
But  freely  flowing  every  hour. 

Thy  children's  wants  anticipates. 
To  satisfy  our  soul's  desire, 
We  look  to  Thee,  almighty  Sin 

3  We  look  to  Thee  when  sorrow's  season 

Covers  with  frost  the  head  and  heart  ; 
When  suffering  from  social  treason, 

Friend  after  friend  we  see  depart. 
Thus  desolate,  0  God  !  ab< 
We  look  to  Thee  alone  for  love. 

4  We  look  to  Thee  when  feeling  gaineth 

Mastery  o'er  the  moral  Bei 
When  curb  and  counsel  it  disdaineth, 

By  reason  brought  for  its  defence. 
From  this  dread  trial  to  be  free, 
Searcher  of  hearts  !  we  look  to  Thee. 

5  We  look  to  Thee  when  we  discover 

Death's  shadow  on  our  pathway 
When  all  life's  interests  are  over, 

That  once  elated  or  depressed. 
A  better,  brighter  world  to  see, 
Saviour  and  Lord  '  we  look  t<>  Thee. 


M. 


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9.  DIVINE    PROVIDENCE   IN    RELATION 
TO  ISRAEL. 

1  The  sun  shines  on  with  glorious  light, 
And  smiles  upon  this  world  of  ours ; 

The  moon  with  lustre  soft  and  bright, 
On  earth  her  silver  radiance  pours. 

2  'Tis  God  who  wreathes  the  brow  of  night, 
With  bands  of  burning,  glitt'ring  stars  ; 

'Tis  God,  with  endless  power  and  might, 
Who  moves  the  morning's  golden  bars. 

3  And  He,  through  all  these  works  sublime, 
Looks  down  upon  a  favored  race  ; 

For  Israel,  from  creation's  time, 

Dwelt  'neath  the  wing  of  heavenly  grace. 

4  The  light  divine  of  holy  love 
Still  sheds  on  Judah's  broken  band 

A  halo  beaming  from  above, 

And  kindled  by  th'  Almighty's  hand. 

C.  M.  C. 


t}  A  1  Lo !  He  sleeps  and  slumbers  not. 

^  *~         Israel's  God  and  Guide  ! 
Then,  whatever  be  thy  lot, 

In  Him  thy  hope  confide. 
To  Him  be  all  bhy  hearl  resigned, 
Whose  hands  alone  its  wounds  can  bind. 

Oh,  fear  not ! 
But  trust  to  J I  is  paternal  care. 
All  thai  on  earth  fco  thee  is  dear : 
Never  from  remembrance  blol  : 
( Omnipotence  slumbers  not. 


Lo  !  it  Bleeps  and  slumbers  aot, 

The  providence  of  hea^ 
But  has  watched  o'er  ev< 

To  which  thou  hast  been  driven 
I  hath  been  the  protection 
Of  the  race  of  its  election. 

Tremble  not  ! 
But  ever  to  his  will  conform, 
Whose  word  can  tranquilize  the  - 
Who  (oh  !  be  it  ne'er  forgot.) 
Ever  present,  slumbers  not. 

Lo  !  they  sleep  and  slumber  not, 

God's  transcendent  pc\\ 
These  all  radiant  beauties  wrought, 

From  stars,  and  gems,  and  flowi    - 
Brighter  than  all,  man's  spirit  mi 
In  His  similitude  array 'd. 

Despond  not,! 
Love,  that  nature  animated, 
Will  defend  what  it  created  ; 
Rock,  worm,  bud,  in  wisdom  brought. 
Say  :  God's  power  slumbers  not ! 

Lo  !  it  sleeps  and  slumbers  not, 

That  deep  abiding  lov< 
With  forbearing  patience  fraught, 

That  man's  remorse  should  m  • . 
That  mightiest  of  attributes, 
Which  evil  into  good  transmutes. 

Oh,  weep  not  ! 
For  in  this  charity  divine. 
Thou  hast  a  token  and  a  sig 
That  whate'er  God  may  allot, 
His  compassion  slumbers  not. 


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Lo  !  it  sleeps  and  slumb 

God's  equity  supreme  ! 
That  casts  in  every  mortal's  lot 

A  shadow  and  a  beam. 
Whose  bolt  retributive  descends 
On  him  who  'gainst  His  law  offends. 

Yet,  doubt  not 
That  he  who  acts  a  righteous  part, 
Will  rest  upon  his  Father's  heart, 
When  that  kingdom  shall  be  sought, 
Where  pure  justice  slumbers  not. 

Lo  !  it  sleeps  and  slumbers  not, 
That  all  pervading  grace, 

That  in  palace  and  in  cot, 
Leaves  its  benignant  trace  ; 

Whose  radiations  mild  are  thrown 

Unceasingly  from  zone  to  zone. 
Oh !  linger  not, 

Thou  wanderer  from  virtue's  way. 

To  Providence  contritely  pray, 

Mercy  ne'er  is  vainly  sought ; 

Judah's  Guardian  slumbers  not. 


p.  M. 


Isaiah,  chap.  xliv. 


£)£  1  Fear  not,  fear  not,  0  Jeshurun, 
&t)  My  own,  my  chosen  treasure  ! 

Blessings  are  for  thy  offspring  won, 
¥ea,  mercies  without  measure. 

2   Like  willows  by  the  water-course, 
Ye  righteous  servants  flourish  ; 
My  spirit,  the  unfailing  source, 
Thai  Jacob's  seed  shall  nourish. 


dols  of  earth  usurp  my  praise,— 
Beware,  0  cherished  nation  ! 

Lest  ye  your  hearts  in  homage  n 
To  God's  abomination. 

4  "I  am  the  first,  I  am  the  last  :'" 

Woe  to  the  bold  blasphemer  ! 
Who  shall  some  monstrous  imag< 
And  call  it  his  Redeemer. 

5  Beneath  the  firmament's  broad  cope. 

Bear  witness  as  ye  gather, 
That  I  ahne  am  Israel's  Hope, 
His  Judge,  his  King,  his  Father. 

p.  M. 

Psalm  cxxvii. 

O/?  1  Unless  the  land  where  ye  abide, 
^^  The  care  of  Heaven  boasts, 

Falsely  to  watchmen  ye  confide 
The  safety  of  its  coasts. 

2  Except  the  Lord  will  fortify 

The  fabrics  ye  erect, 
Vain  are  the  pillars,  strong  and  high. 
Of  mortal  architect. 

3  Whether,  0  Judah  !  ye  sojourn 

In  deserts,  towns,  or  tents, 
To  God,  as  to  your  fortress,  turn 
Your  tower  of  defence. 

4  On  land  and  sea,  enslaved  or 

His  name  alone  extol  : 
Who  is,  who  was,  and  e'er  shall  1x3, 
Guardian  and  King  of  all.  r.  M. 


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£2 

III.  MAN'S  DIGNITY  AND  DESTI- 
NATION. 

1.  MAN'S  DIGNITY. 

1  0  God!  within  Thy  temple-walls, 
Light  my  spirit  seems,  and  free, 

Regardless  of  those  worldly  calls, 
That  withdraw  it  oft  from  Thee. 

Faith  to  the  proudest  whispers  :   Here 
Riches  are  but  righteous  deeds, 

And  he  who  dries  a  human  tear, 
Ne'er  to  mercy  vainly  plead-. 

2  Can  sorrow  at  Thy  altar  r\ 
The  voice  of  lamentation  ? 

Oh,  no  !  its  plaint  is  changed  to  praise, 

Regret,  to  Resignation. 
To  naught  all  human  evil  shrinks. 

Where  revelation  showeth 
That  God  each  soul  to  heaven  links, 

Which  ne'er  in  trust  foregoeth. 

3  Oh!  Brightest,  most  benignant  boon, 
Above  all  others  rated  : 

With  Thee,  Creator  to  commune, 

In  temples  consecrated; 
That  when  life's  boundary  is  past 

More  glorious  still  app< 
Since  sanctuary,  we  at  last. 

Find  in  celestial  spheres, — 

4  Where  no  distinction  shall  be  found, 
Between  immortals  beav'n  born, 

A nd  spirits  that,  by  virtue  crowned, 
Oikv  the  chains  of  earl  h  have  worn, 


Merciful  Father  !  may  Thy  child 

Claim  this  privilege  divine? 
Shall  I,  by  sinful  thoughts  defiled, 

Call  a  boon  so  precious  mine  ? 

My  courage  fails  not,  since  Thy  grace 

Exceeds  in  boundless  measure,  • 
The  guilt  of  that  transgressive  race 

Who  kindle  Thy  displeasure. 
Therefore  to  the  house  of  pray'r 

E'er  will  I  my  steps  address, 
All  Thy  mercies  to  declare, 

While  my  errors  I  confess.  P.  M. 


A  MAX,  THE  IMAGE  OF  GOD. 

1  Exult,  my  soul,  in  consciousness  proud, 

That  I  in  God's  image  was  made  : 
That  'mid  nature's  irrational  crowd, 

Moral  light  to  me  was  conveyed  ; 

When  dust,  by  His  pure  breath  refined, 
In  flesh  the  "vital  spark"  enshrined. 

2  Oh  !  how  shall  I  deserve  the  station 

Omnipotenci  -  to  me  ; 

Whose  spiritual  elevation 
Is  next  to  angels  in  degree? 
How  Mercy's  likeness  manA  b1 
Reflected  in  each  mortal  breast  ? 

3  Perilous  pre-eminence !  to  hold 

Perfection's  model  in  the  mind  ;  ' 

Yet  feel  how  the  inferior  mould 
In  which  ice  is  confined, 

■  all  its  majesty  efface, 
And  leave  of  stamp  divine  no  t] 


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4  Immortal  reason  !  bast  thou  no  beam 

Of  bright  intelligence  to  prove 
Thy  semblance  to  that  Sire  supreme, 

Whose  breath  is  life,  whose  blessing  love  ? 
Triumph  !  though  passions  dim  thy  ray, 
In  thee  God's  image  we  survey. 

5  Justice,  by  thee  for  e'er  directed, 

His  strongest  feature  typifies  ; 
In  truth  (through  reason  best  reflected) 

His  spirit's  light  I  recognise ; 
And  in  beneficence  e'er  trace 
His  brightest  trait :  celestial  grace  ! 

6  How  glorious  this  filiation, 

Between  the  Lord  of  worlds  and  me  ! 
Oh !  how  shall  I  deserve  the  station, 
Next  to  the  angels  in  degree  ? 

Like  these,  by  walking  in  His  ways ; 
Like  these,  by  singing  e'er  His  praise. 

P.   M. 

3.  VIRTUE. 

OQ    1   God  of  power !  in  Thy  gift 

£v  Though  countless  blessings  lie, 

My  voice  for  one  alone  I  lift, 
In  prayer  to  Thee  on  high. 

2  No  covetous  appeal  for  gold 

Shall  from  my  lips  proceed  ; 
Nor  by  the  love  of  fame  controlled. 
For  crowns  of  glory  plead. 

3  I  ask  but  for  the  precious  ore 

Contained  in   Virtue  s  min> 
And  for  her  wreath  thai  will  endure, 
When  diadems  decline. 


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4  Of  godliness,  by  Grace  supreme, 

"Would  I  become  possessed  ; 
Grant  that  its  pure  and  perfect  beam 
May  on  my  spirit  rest. 

5  Let  wisdom  of  the  heart,  0  Lord  ! 

Be  now  and  ever  mine ; 
All  else  is  but  corruption's  hoard, 

Dust,  hiding  light  divine.  P.  M. 

O  A  1  Oh  !  what  avails  my  destination, 
*^"  As  immortality's  great  heir, 

If  I,  regardless  of  salvation, 
■  Do  not  my  soul  for  this  prepare  ? 

If  to  the  world's  illusive  pleasures 

My  spirit  hourly  I  yield, 
And  for  its  frail  and  fleeting  treasures, 
Uncultured  leave  fair  virtue's  field  ? 

2  And  what  is  temporal  ambition, 

That  never  yet  fruition  found  ? 
A  most  unhallowed  superstition 

In  deities,  itself  hath  crowned. 
That  in  its  soul  false  idols  setting, 

Makes  their  decree  a  law  supreme, — 
The  statutes  of  that  God  forgetting, 

Whose  power  can  alone  redeem. 

3  Mean  avarice  !  how  low  the  perches 

To  which  thy  grasping  talons  cling  ; 
Thy  downward  glance  unwearied  searches 

For  gold, — thy  precious  phantom-king. 
Barren  the  ground  in  which  it  lieth, 

Buried  and  hidden  from  thy  view ; 
And  nature  to  its  grave  denieth 

Flowers,  she  elsewhere  loves  to  strew. 


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4  Should  I  not  yield  to  the  temptations 

Of  passions  fierce  and  wild  as  these, 
Self-worship  still  exacts  oblations 

That  will  not  less  my  God  displease — 
To  my  own  service  consecrating 

All  that  His  bounteous  hand  conferred  ; 
My  neighbor  ne'er  conciliating, 

By  gift  of  love  or  gentle  word. 

5  Gracious  Creator  !   ere  I  perish, 

Let  me  my  trespasses  retrieve  ; 
Righteous  desires  let  me  cherish, 

And  works  of  godliness  achieve. 
In  Thy  covenant  let  me  rejoice, 

And  in  its  precepts  persevere, 
For  life's  chief  ornament,  making  choice 

Of  Truth,  whose  crown  the  angels  wear. 

6  When  in  the  valley  of  death  I  walk, 

Firm  be  my  step,  my  mind  serene  ; 
There,  on  my  God,  Redeemer  and  Rock, 

Will  I  in  trust  unfalt'ring  lean. 
My  soul  shall  not  tremble  while  wTaiting 

Its  sentence  within  the  dark  tomb ; 
But  heaven  beyond  contemplating, 

Shrink  not  from  its  prelusive  gloom. 

P.  M. 

4.  PIETY. 

Oh  !  turn  at  meek  devotion's  call 

From  idle  dreams  of  worldly  power  ; 

Which  flourishes  awhile,  to  fall 

And  perish,  like  an  earth-born  flower. 

( lountless  are  pleasure's  bright  decoys, 

Unwary  mortals  to  ensnare  ; 


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Faith  beckons  thee  from  barren  joys, 
And  points  to  her  immortal  sphere. 

3  Wouldst  thou  thy  soul  to  God  commend  ? 

Forsake  the  scene  of  heartless  mirth  ; 
Seek  those  who  weep  without  a  friend, 
Bring  wine  and  oil  to  stiff 'ring  worth. 

4  Let  piety  direct  thy  choice, 

In  all  thy  spirit's  high  concerns  ; 
Then  shall  the  pilgrim's  heart  rejoice, 
Who  in  the  ';vale  of  tears"  sojourns. 

p.  M. 

4)  1   How  long  will  man  in  pleasure  merged, 
Religion's  claims  neglect  ? 
How  long,  by  worldly  interest  urged, 
Her  warning  hints  reject? 

2  Vain  prodigal  of  precious  time  ! 

Were  mental  gifts  bestowed 
To  waste  in  folly  or  in  crime, 
Oblivious  of  thy  God  ? 

3  When  surfeited  with  life's  repast, 

Its  sweetness  turned  to  gall, 
Thy  conscience  will  be  roused  at  last. 
And  death  thy  soul  appal. 

4  Will  worshipers  of  gold  then  fly, 

Thy  dying  couch  to  cheer  ? 
Thy  spirit's  '-ravings  to  supply, 
Will  Mirth  desert  her  sphere  ? 

5  No  !   Piety  forsaken  long, 

Invoked  with  earnest  zeal, 
Will,  even  then,  forget  her  wrong. 
And  answer  thy  appeal. 


6  But  better,  wiser  far  are  all, 
Whose  youth  devoutly  past, 
On  heaven's  "Great  Physician"  call 

With  confidence  at  last.  p.  m. 

00  1  Man  of  the  world  !  wilt  thou  not  pause, 
^^      And  give  thy  heart  to  Heaven's  cause  ? 
In  paths  of  interest  wilt  thou  plody 
Forgetful  of  the  Lord  thy  God  ? 

2  Oh!  turn  away  from  life's  parade, 
Before  thy  soul  hath  been  betrayed 
From  virtue's  eminence  to  stoop, 
And  forfeit  its  eternal  hope. 

3  What  purer  pleasures  wouldst  thou  taste, 
Than  are  by  piety  embraced  ? 

What  higher  prize  couldst  thou  obtain, 
Than  thy  Creator's  love  to  gain  ? 

4  The  wealth  and  glory  of  the  ski  en 
Are  won,  by  generous  sacrifice. 
By  him  who  selfish  joy  forej 

To  mitigate  another's  woes  ; 

5  Whose  resignation,  calm  and  meek, 
Will  humbly  of  God's  chastening  speak: 
Whose  soul  from  perjury  is  free, 

And  worships  but  one  Deity. 

G  Man  of  the  world!  no  gift  of  thine 
Compares  with  Mercy's  pledge  divine, 
Which  pardon  to  each  sinner  yields. 
Whose  spirit  true  contrition  feels.         p.  m 


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Thv  servant  would  excel 


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Oh  !   let  its  spirit  in  each  word 
And  in  each  action  dwell. 

2  No  strength  have  I  to  combat  long 

With  passions  fierce  and  wild  ; 
Nor  hope  amid  corruption's  throng, 
To  wander  undefiled. 

3  For  self-direction  too  unwise, 

For  self-defence  too  frail  ; 
On  godliness  my  hope  relies, 
Their  spells  to  countervail. 

4  This  shall  my  heart's  best  warder  prove, 

When  proud  and  venal  foes 
Presume  against  benignant  love, 
Its  avenues  to  close. 

5  This  shall  from  avarice  secure 

Thy  worshiper's  weak  thought, 
By  showing  that  its  golden  lure. 
True  bliss  hath  never  caught. 

G  From  envy,  vanity,  and  pride, 
This,  too,  my  soul  shall  save  ; 
O  gracious  God  !  0  holy  Guide  ! 

Grant  me  the  grace  I  crave.  P.  M. 

1  "Blest  is  the  man  to  whom  the  Lord 

No  iniquity  e'er  imputes, "' 
Who  hath  the  grounds  of  truth  explored, 
And  meekly  gleaned  its  godly  fruits. 

2  Above  all  mortals,  blest  is  he 

Who.  from  temptation's  tangled  maze, 
Hath  set  his  struggling  spirit  free 
To  walk  in  God's  appointed  ways. 


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3  King  of  the  universe!    impair 

To  me  that  energy  divine, 
Which  nerves  the  weak  and  wayward  heart . 
Unrighteous  feelings  to  resign. 

4  With  Thine  immortal  presence  fill 

The  depths  of  my  degenerate  soul  ; 
Subject  its  motions  to  Thy  will, 
Its  passions  to  Thy  pure  control. 

5  Oh  !  let  Thine  interdict  suffice 

Each  wrong  desire  to  restrain 
From  what  a  Father's  law  denies, 
Let  me  in  filial  love  refrain. 

G  Care  shall  not  enter  then  my  breast, 
Now  to  solicitude  a  pn 
No  Litter  thought  shall  break  my  i 
No  danger  then  my  sense  dismay. 

T   Welcome  the  moment  that  shall  bring 
A  boon  so  earnestly  desired  ! 
And  which  from  Thee  alone  must  Bpring, 
From  whom  all  blessings  are  acquired. 

I'.  M. 

9£  1  Oh  !  how  imperfect,  blind,  and  false, 
*JV  Does  that  faith  to  me  appear, 

Which  from  all  moral  law  revolts, 

And  exhausts  itself  in  praj 
That  more  its  sanctity  displays 
In  holy  words  than  holy  ways. 

2  Know  we  not.  from  revelation, 

What  trie-  piety  dictat< 
[fi  not  Love  the  best  oblation 
Thai  it-  altar  decorati 


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The  love  that  with  our  neighbor  Bhares, 
In  brotherhood,  life's  joys  and  cares? 

3  Benevolence,  whose  varied  alms. 

Dealt  alike  by  heart  and  hand, 
Now  virtue's  wounded  spirit  calms, 

Now  relieves  want's  famished  band. — 
Making  an  Eden  oft  to  bloom, 
E'en  amid  desolation's  gloom. 

4  Trust,  that  firmly  stands  its  trial 

With  the  arrow  in  its  breast  ; 
Meek  forgiveness,  self-denial, 

These  are  Faith's  sublimest  test. 
Worship  like  this  will  supersede 
The  lips  loud  echo  of  her  creed. 

5  Oh  !  wherefore  Heaven  s  will  rehearse 

In  a  grave  and  measured  tone, 
If  the  ungodly  and  perverse 

To  that  will  prefer  their  own  ? 
And  deem  their  sacred  duties  o'er 
When  they  in  prayer  their  feelings  pou 


G  Though  precepts  may  be  multiplied, 

Mercy's  aim  is  not  fulfilled  ; 
Earth  must  by  us  be  beautified, 

Truth  alone    its  shrines  must  build, — 
Uprooting  thence  corruption's  weeds, 
To  plant  religion's  puresi  s<  i\  m. 

O'Y  1  The  heavens,  Almighty !  Thy  glory  declare* 
*J  '  Th'-  earth  with  Thy  riches  abounds  : 

Thy  provident  presence  is  felt  everywhere, 
Thv  name  through  all  nature  resounds. 


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2  Day  showeth  to  day  the  pavilion  of  light 

In  which  Thou  hast  made  Thine  abode  : 
And   night,   breaking  silence,   extolleth    to 
night 
The  knowledge  and  power  of  God. 

3  Thou   canst  not,  0  man  !   'neath   the  firma- 

ment stand 
With  the  fixed  star  of  faith  in  thy  breast, 
Not  lifting  in  homage  thy   heart   and    thy 

hand, 
His  wisdom  and  truth  to  attest. 

4  Yet  think  not  in  verbal  devotion  alone, 

Thou  hast  all  thy  duty  achieved  ; 
For  prayer  without  practice  ne'er   reaches 
the  throne 
From  whence  all  thy  gifts  are  received. 

5  Thou  canst   not  declare  that   the    way  is 

unknown, 
In  which  thou'rt  required  to  walk  ; 
For  never  had  pilgrim  as  true  a  guide-stone 
As  the  tablet  on  Horeb's  high  rock. 

C  Though  feeble  thy  step,   if  thy  purpose  be 
strong, 
Life's  journey  directed  by  this, 
Shall  close  without  tear  thai  the  mem'ry  «>i 
wrong 
Will  cloud  the  soul's  prospect  of  bliss. 

r.  m. 

OQ  1  Lord,  my  Redeemer  and  my  Rock! 
*^C  Granl  me  Thy  aid  divine 

To  keep  Thy  judgments,  and  to  walk 
I  n  truth's  unerring  line. 


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2  Thou,  who  hast  charge  of  human  kind. 

Thy  suppliant  e'er  save 
From  all  that  vitiates  the  mind, 
Or  may  the  heart  deprave. 

3  An  infant's  helplessness  is  mine, 

When  strong  temptations  rise, 
And  bid  me  heaven's  hope  resign 
For  some  unhallowed  prize. 

4  Perhaps  a  plume  from  glory's  wing, 

A  link  from  pleasure's  chain, 
A  harp  without  one  holy  string, 
For  pure  devotion's  strain. 

5  Alas  !  how  poor  is  either  meed 

For  an  immortal  soul; 
Yet  oft  for  these  will  it  recede 
From  its  celestial  goal. 

G  God  of  compassion  !  to  Thy  care 
My  spirit  I  commend  ; 
Let  it  to  Thee  unblemished  bear 

The  likeness  Thou  didst  lend.  p.  m. 

5.  IMMORTALITY  OF  THE  SOUL. 

OQ  1  God  of  my  fathers  !  merciful  and  just, 
O  J       Who  into  being  shaped  this  breathing  dust, 
Teach  me  its  rebel  passions  to  control,- — 
Pour  Thy  influence  o'er  my  restless  soul. 

2  Teach  me  to  look  beyond  the  gloomy  grave ; 
For  Thou,  0  Father  !  still  art  nigh  to  save, 
When  rising  from  the  dark  and  cheerless 

tomb, 
I'll  walk  with  Thee  in  renovated  bloom. 


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3  E'en  at  Thine  altar  as  I  bend  the  knee, 
My  heart  expands,   my  hopes  increase  in 

Thee; 
Aspiring  man  forgets  that  he  is  earth, 
And  clings  to  Thee  for  an  immortal  birth. 

c.  D.  L.  H. 

1  When  morning  paints  the  eastern  sky 

In  rich  and  varied  lines  of  light, 
Before  Thy  Throne,  0  Lord !  most  high, 
Let  all  confess  Thy  pow'r  and  might. 

2  When  twilight's  shadows  gently  fall, 

When  evening's  thousand  stars  appear, 
When  midnight's  gloom  o'ershadows  all, 
We'll  think  of  Thee  with  hope  and  fear. 

3  We  seek  Thee  in  the  hour  of  joy, 

In  sorrow  bow  before  Thy  will  ; 
Thou  canst  life's  feeble  chords  destroy, 
In  death  each  pulse  for  ever  still. 

4  But  Thou  wilt  still  preserve  the  soul, 

When  purified  from  earthly  stain. 
When  soaring  to  that  heavenly  goal, 
It  seeks  immortal  life  to  gain.       c.H.c. 

1  A  mournful  lament  for  the  dead  ' 

Woe  unto  me  !   it  is  gone  ; 
The  delighi  of  my  heart  is  fled  ; 
My  joy  from  earth  is  withdrawn. 

2  Whither  Bhall  1.  broken-hearted, 

Find  balsam  for  wounds  so  deep  ? 
Silent  remain  the  departed, 

My  tears  disturb  no1  their  sleep. 


3  Thus  e  er  when  the  last  angel  calls, 

Man  waileth  around  the  tomb; 
Thus  ever  when  life's  blossom  falls, 
Surrenders  his  soul  to  gloom. 

4  Oh  !  would  he  turn  upward  the  eye 

Despair  has  fixed  in  the  dust, 
A  voice  would  from  thence  fortify 
His  faith,  his  hope,  and  his  trust. 

5  Immoderate  grief  is  unbelief; 

*  Hear  Omnipotence  and  heed  ! 
If  immortality's  first  leaf 

Spring  from  Corruption's  seed, 

6  Why  then  in  horror  e'er  recoil 

From  the  mention  of  decay, 
That  hath  no  power  to  despoil 

Aught  beyond  the  breathing  clay  ? 

7  Think  not  my  providence  will  cease 

O'er  my  children  in  the  grave  : 
Death,  my  messenger  of  peace, 
Frees  the  soul  my  grace  will  save. 

8  Thy  God,  thy  Father,  this  proclaims, 

Whose  promise  will  ne'er  deceive. 
Then  tremble  not  at  empty  names, 

Ye  who  Mercy's  word  believe.  p.  m. 

JQ  1  Though  man  of  all  the  ruin  hears 
^^  By  time  or  tempest  wrought  : 

One  ray  throughout  all  gloom  appears 
By  hope  from  heaven  brought. 

2  For  though  the  mighty  waters  shrink 
From  oceans  into  rill-. 


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And  nature's  lofty  bulwarks  sink 
From  mountains  into  hills ; 

3  Though  these,  with  many  frailer  things, 

Perish  and  pass  away  ; 
Faith  to  the  holy  promise  clings, 
That  triumphs  o'er  decay. 

4  Man's  spirit,  by  divine  decree, 

The  stroke  of  death  defies  ; 
And  from  the  bonds  of  death  set  free, 
Immortal  shall  arise.  p.  m. 

A  O  1  Through  the  valley  of  tears  as  we  thought- 
^^  fully  stray, 

Where  the  wrecks  of  mortality  lie  ; 
Let  the  spirit  of  faith  spring  from  dust  and 
decay 
To  Omnipotence  throned  in  the  sky. 

2  The  date  of  a  star,  (that  bright  firmament 

flower,) 
Is  as  brief  in  eternity's  sphere, 
As  the  blossom  that  breathes  out  its  life  in 

an  hour, 
Nevermore  upon  earth  to  appear. 

3  With  that  region  of  infinite  Glory  compared, 

Where  ages  like  moments  take  flight, 
The  world  seems  a  cell  for  man's  dwelling 
prepared, 
Till  his  soul  grows  familiar  with  light. 

4  Yea,  the  earth  is  a  place  of  probation  and 

pray'r, 
Wherein  beggars  for  bounty  divine, 


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Still   their  sorrows   and   wounds,  to   their 
Father  declare, 
That  His  hand  to  relief  may  incline. 

5  But-  in  heaven  the  voice  of  petition  .shall 
cease, 
And  loud  praises  for  ever  resound 
To  the  merciful  God,  for  the  spirit's  release 
From  the  shackles  by  which  it  was  bound. 

p.  M. 


6.  COMMEMORATION  OF  THE  DEAD. 
Part  First. 


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0  man  !  frail  child  of  finite  pow'rs  ! 

Nature,  by  changeless  order, 
Places  thy  cradle  'mid  the  flow'rs 
That  on  the  grave-yard  border. 
Though  youth,  while  at  play 
In  life's  vernal  ray, 
Will  not  take  for  death's  token 
Blossoms  withered  and  broken. 

2  And  truth  from  age  to  age  repeats 

At  every  pilgrim's  portal  : 
Life  as  a  shadow  from  thee  fleets, 

Remember,  thou  art  mortal ; 
Wake  at  that  call,  wild  dreamer! 
,     And,  by  its  warning  guided, 
Be  yet  the  wise  redeemer 

Of  time  to  thee  confided. 
Woe  !  fragile  being  of  an  hour, 

Prey  to  annihilation's  pow< 


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3  Bui  wherefore,  man,  in  thy  serenest  mood, 
When  joy  upon  thee  flashi 
Still  minglest  thou  with  songs  of  gratitude 

Sad  thoughts  of  dust  and  ashes? 
Wilt  thou  no  hint  from  frailer  natures  take? 
From  flowers,  that  at  eve  appear  to  die, 
Yet  'neath  the  canopy  of  heaven  wake 
To  greet   God's  morning  messenger  on 
high  ? 

Part  Second. 

AK  1   0  Thou  !  who  dwell'st  in  heights  supernal, 
^^       God  !  self-existent  and  eternal ! 

What  traveler  shall  reach  Thy  mountain? 

What  thirsting  spirit  taste  Thy  fountain  ? 

2  Mortal!    in  thee  resides  the  power, 

Of  gaining  access  unto  each  ; 
But  he  who  would  to  heaven  tower, 

Must  first  the  height  of  virtue  reach  ; 
Must  see  in  holiness  a  beauty 

Earth  rivals  not  in  all  its  bound  ; 
Ne'er  mock  at  truth,  nor  turn  from  duty 

Idly  to  tread  life's  pleasure  ground. 
Then  shall  the  recording  angel  render 

Account  of  all  thy  righteous  ways, 
And  crowning  thee,  reveal  the  splendor 

Thy  Father's  blessed  realm  displays. 

3  Woe!  woe!  to  the  immortal  soul 

Thai  viri uc's  voice  ne'er  heeds, 
When  justice  reads  the  roll 
Of  its  ungodly  deeds. 


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Joy  bo  the  pure  and  pious  bi  • 
That  darkness  never  ]nu-<  l^th  ; 

With  light  from  spheres  celestial  blest^ 
When  Life's  last  sun  reeedeth. 

The  soul  religion  trained  from  youth 
To  -corn  the  world's  dominion, 

Shall  reach  the  native  land  of  truth 
With  tree  and  fearless  pinion. 

Triumph  ?  ye  but  escape  a  prison, 

When  death  the  vital  chord  doth  sever  ; 
Triumph  !  when  mercy's  star  hath  risen 

To  guide  ye  to  your  God  for  ever. 
Triumph  !  on  eagle's  wings  ye  tower 

Up  to  eternity's  bright  portals; 
Triumph  !  time  hastens  to  the  hour 

That  gives  ye  place  with  the  immortal-. 


IV.  RELATION  BETWEEN  GOD 
AND  MAN. 

L     REVELATION. 

iLt  1   Let  choral  songs  of  gladness  How, 
**J  The  Lord  of  hosts  to  praise  ; 

Who  deigned  on  darkened  minds  to  throw 
The  law's  enlight'ning  ray-. 

2   No  plea  hath  Israel  for  crime; 
•  God's  paternal  grace 
To  him  revealed  those  truths  sublim 
Which  time  can  ne'er  efface. 

I   Bel  >re  our  eyes  then  let  us  -■ 
Our  Father's  bond  oi  I 

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With  praise  repay  our  filial  debt 

To  Him  who  reigns  above. 

I    Lei  Sinai  proudly  lift  her  head 
Above  the  lulls  of  earth  ; 
For  God  thereon  His  glory  shed 
At  revelation's  birtn. 

5  Exalt  the  Lord  !  to  whom  we  owe 

The  first  and  latter  ram. 
And  dews  from  Mercy's  fount  thai  llow 
To  bless  the  thirsty  plain. 

6  As  those  refreshing  shower.-  tend 

To  fertilize  the  field : 
Thy  laws,  0  God!  our  hearts  amend. 

And  virtue'.-  harvest  vield.  p.  m. 


2.  DIVINE  LAW. 

1  Lord!  when  I  hear  Thy  holy  law. 

Its  spirit  let  me  comprehend, 
And  meditate  with  silent  awe 
On  words  that  to  salvation  tend. 

2  Oh!  far  above  the  finest  gold 

Thy  testimonies  I  esteem  ; 
These  shall  my  faltering  feel  uphold, 
My  steps  from  evil  paths  redeem. 

o  To  Thee  will  I  my  prayers  add 

The  free-will  offerings  of  my  soul ; 
Guardian  !  through  life's  d;irk  wilderness, 
Do  Thou  my  erring  couVse  control. 

i  Oh !  let  unblemished  t  ruth  alone 

My  heart  and  mind  for  e'er  inspire; 


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That  I  may,  in  its  purest  torn  . 
Extol  my  gracious  King  and  Sire.     p.  m. 

3.  RELIGION. 

JO  1  To  smile  when  we  on  life's  breakers  are  tost, 
~*Q  And  serenely  its  tempesi  survey; 

To  say,  though  the  beacon  of  hope  is  lost, 
Mercy's  star  will  direct  our  way  : 
3      h  trust  in  trial's  hour 
Springs  from  religion's  pow'r. 

_   At  morn,  with  cheerful  emotions  to  ris 
Glorifying  the  Giver  of  rest  ; 
Ne'er  to  let  sleep  our  senses  surprise, 

Ere  the  world's  Benefactor  is  blest: 
Such  is  the  righteous  course 
Man's  reason  should  enforce, 

-    With  high  resolve  m  duty's  path  to  tread, 
Though  it  may  our  fondest  wish  frustrate; 
Nor  ever  by  temptation  to  be  led, 
Virtue's  sacred  laws  to  violate; 
Faith  only  nerves  the  soul 
To  this  great  self-control. 

I    To  live  in  harmony  with  all  mankind, 
Injuries  with  favors  to  requite  ; 
To  hold  God's  image  in  the  heart  enshrined, 
■  u  its  purity  to  blight  : 
This  shall  our  peace  insure. 
Now,  and  for  evermore, 

5  Un dazzled  by  gold,  by  menace  unmov 
One  sole  Being  Supreme  bo  cherish; 

be  firm  in  the  faith  our  lathers  loved, 
Though  for  this  as  martyrs  we  perish: 


To  piety  alone 

Such  fortitude  is  known. 

6  To  make  decay  familiar  to  the  mind, 

And  in  death  God's  messenger  perceive, 

Who,  when  the  mortal  breath  has  been 
resigned, 
Will  the  soul  to  its  Redeemer  leave  : 
What  but  religion  can 
Reveal  this  gracious  plan  ?  p.  m. 

A  Q  1   Remember,  man  !   while  thou  art  young, 
^^  To  turn  thy  heart  towards  the  Lord, 

Ere  sorrow  hath  thy  bosom  wrung, 
Or  life  hath  "loosed  its  silver  chord." 

2  Spring  hath  its  flowers, — youth  its  sweets, 

Cradled  in  both  the  canker  lies; 
And  when  one  little  season  fleets, 

Man's  spirit  droops — the  blossom  dies. 

3  Ye  trifiers  on  the  brink  of  time. 

Scorn  not  the  sage  and  silver-haired, 
When  they  forewarn  ye  in  yourprime 
To  be  for  evil  days  prepared. 

4  Strong  as  ye  are,  shall  ye  nut  fall 

Down  to  the  dust  al  God's  decree? 

Proud  as  ye  are,  shall  nol  the  pall 
Mantle  your  trail  mortality  ? 

5  Praise  I  Le  <  Jreator,  ere  decay 

Your  energies  shall  paralyze, 
I  >r  da rknese   in  the  latter  day, 
Shall  hide  ihe  heavens  from  your  ey< 

P.   M. 


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£A  1    Blesl  are  the  enlight'ners  of  mankind, 
<W  Thrice  blest  the  holy  teacher, 

Who.  with  a  pure  and  patient  mind. 
[nstructs  his  fellow-creature, — 

Who.  swayed  by  virtue's  golden  rule, 
Would  her  precepts  inculcate, 

And  in  her  chaste  and  godly  Bchool, 
Erring  spirits  educate. 

2  All  are  Thy  ministers,  0  Lord  ! 

Who,  imprest  with  truth  divine. 
Speed  the  work,  and  speak  the  word 

That  shall  make  its  light  to  shine, — 
Who  m  flowers  that  blush  below. 

And  in  stars  that  beam  above. 
A  glory  and  perfection  show, 

That  to  faith  the  heart  must  move. 

3  All  who,  uprooting  error's  weeds, 

Leave  for  moral  culture  room, 
And  with  imperishable  seeds, 

ise  the  barren  mind  to  bloom, — 
Interpreters  of  Heaven's  law, 

May  its  God  their  efforts  guide, 
And  to  celestial  regions  draw 

Souls  who  thus  have  lived  and  died. 

P.   M. 


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Psalm  cxltv. 

1  Lord  !  what  is  man,  that  Thou  should'st  take 

Account  or  knowledge  of  his  ways'' 
Like  shadow-  from  the  summer  lake. 
Briefly  depart  his  measured  days. 

2  Yet,  though  but  vanity  and  dust. 

Oh!  hear  Thy  worshiper  sincere. 


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Who  now  appeals  with  humble  trust. 
That  Thou  wilt  grant  his  earnest  prayer 

3  Through  the  world  may  [srael's  youth, 

Like  branches  ol  lly  tree, 

Enlightened  by  the  rays  of  truth, 
Flourish  in  grace  and  dignity. 

4  Dispersed  in  many  climes  and  zo\    - 

May  Judah's  sprightly  daughtei 
Polished,  as  are  the  corner-stones, 
In  palaces  of  royalty. 

5  May  these,  above  all  earthly  fam 

The  favor  of  their  God  esteem, 
And  meril  that  distinguished  name, 

The  chosen  race  of  the  Supreme.      p.  if. 

4.  DUTIES  TOWARDS  GOD. 

1.  ACQUISITION  OF  THE  KNOWLEDGE  OF    THE 
LOUD. 


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1  I  rlory  not  in  a  gift  so  vain 

A.s  worldly  knowledge,  ye  discreet  ! 
Whoso  stream,  like  the  treacherous  main 

Rolls  onward  awhile  to  retreat. 
Bui  wisdom  by  faith  purified 

Is  light  radiating  afar, 
And  love  for  your  heavenly  Guide 

Its  brightesl  and  loveliest  star. 

2  ( dory  not,  0  ye  thai  are  stroi  . 

n  dual  your  vigor  is  based  ; 
Si  rength  only  to  him  can  belong 
Whose  spiril  by  virtue  is  braced, 


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'Gainsl  passions  that  nature  disturb, 
This,  this  ia  man's  moral  resource; 

No  power  their  progress  to  curb 
Resides  in  corporeal  force.  • 

3  Glory  not  !  ye  rich  in  your  gold! 

More  brittle  is  this  than  the  red  : 
Beware!  lest  its  glittering  mould 

The  pathway  to  heaver  impede 
True  honor  it  can  ne'er  impart, 

Nor  solace  in  .sorrow  afford; 
Rather  pray  for  a  guileless  heart, 

That  trustingly  turns  to  its  Lord. 

A   Glory  in  wisdom  that  augments 

Your  knowledge  of  a  God  supreme, 
Who  will,  as  virtue's  recompense, 

Man's  spirit  from  the  grave  redeem. 
Glory  in  energy  of  soul. 

That  truth's  assailants  will  oppose. 
And  with  a  mighty  self-control, 

Crush  all  religion's  bosom  foes.   . 

5  There  is  a  wealth  of  words  in  prayer, 
Though  poor  the  suppliant  may  be. 
And  themes  for  many  volumes  rare, 

In  every  work  of  God  ye  see. 
Y  -ns  be  the  gold  that  never  frets, 

The  wisdom-star  that  never  wanes; 
The  honor  that  remembers  debts 
J)u<*  in  the  Source  of  all  your  gains. 

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1.  OBEDIENCE  TO  THE  WILL  OF  GOD 
Genesis,  chap.  i. 

P|0  1   Formless  and  void  creation  stood, 
^^  The  deep  in  darkness  lay  ; 

When  from  Thy  spirit,  Lord  !   the  ll I 

Borrowed  a  quiek'ning  ray. 

2  Light  from  bhe  gates  of  heaven  beamed 

On  flower,  herb,  and  fruit ; 

Each  element  with  tenants  teemed, 
Fish,  reptile,  bird,  and  brute. 

3  A  glowing  firmament  was  seen 

The  waters  to  divide, 
Whose  lustrous  orbs  seemed  links  between 
Earth's  pilgrim  and  his  Guide 

4  A  thousand  witnesses  appeared. 

God's  love  to  testify  ; 
Mountains  and  hills  His  might  declared, 
And  bowed  as  He  passed  by. 

5  Man  by  the  tree  of  knowledge  stood. 

Master  of  all  around  ; 
And  woman,  in  her  softest  mood. 
The  gifts  of  mercy  crowned. 

0  They  sin,  they  fall, — oh  !   weep  and   pray, 
That,  tempted,  ye  may  turn 
Prom  all  forbidden  things  away,. 
Nor  God's  displeasure  earn 

7   By  doubts  of  His  almighty  word 
Or  lli^  all-perfed  ways  ; 

But,  firm  in  faith,  obey  the  Lord, 
And  all  His  judgments  praise.         p    M 


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Job,  ' ■  h  a  p,  ix. 


54' 


Oh!  how  shall  man  with  God  contend, 
Mighty  m  strength  and  wise  of  heart 

Or  hope  to  prosper  in  his  end. 

Who  blindly  plays  so  bold  a  part'/ 


•J   Frail,  finite  mortal!  shall  I  stand 

In  judgment  with  the  King  of  kings, 
\Vh<»  -an  the  rising  sun  command 
To  gather  up  His  golden  wings ; 

3  Com  eal  his  light,  his  course  arrest  : 

Seal  up  the  stars  ;   the  heavens  spread  ; 
Move  mountains  from   their  place  of  rest  ; 
And  on  the  waves  of  ocean  tread  '.' 

4  Should  I  my  righteousness  rehearse. 

Or  boast  my  constant  rectitude  ? 
What  perfect  seemed,  might  prove  perverse, 
When  by  the  eye  of  Heaven  viewed. 

5  I  will  not  reason  or  reply, 

But  supplicate  the  Judge  Supreme, 
My  bouI  with  hope  to  fortify. 

That  I  may  bless  His  holy  name.      p.  m. 


KK  1  Though  sorrows  may  be  multiplied. 
1  %*  And  cares  around  thee  throng, 

Tn  Israel's  Guardian  still  confide. 
And  lift  thy  voice  in  song. 

2  Wilt  thou  on  gold  or  glory  dote. 
Or  covet  pomp  and  power  ? 
Bubbles  that  on  life's  current   float, 
To  break  in  one  brief  hour  ? 


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3  Though  health  and  competence  be  thine. 

Aii<l  peace  thy  portion  crown, 
Will  thine  ungrateful  spirit  pine 
To  reach  at  high  renown  ? 

4  As  well  might  stars  rebellious  turn 

From  their  allotted  spheres, 
Ambitious  of  the  solar  urn. 

More  brighl  and  vast  than  theirs. 

5  Oh  !   not  to  question  but  obey 

The  great  Creator's  word, 
Was  intellect 's  I  ranscendent  ray 
On  human  dust  conferred. 

G    Praise  is  the  noble  privilege 
On  man  alone  bestowed  ; 
Redeem,  immortal  soul,  thy  pledge, 

Extol  the  living  ( rod.  p.  m. 

Genesis,  chap,  xxvii. 

£/?  1    Deep  silence  reigned  in  Isaac's  tent, 
^^        His  voire  was  faint,  his  vigor  spent. 

Dim  were  his  eyes,  for  death  was  near. 

He  Bpoke,  and  Esau  bowed  to  hear: 

2  Away,  my  first-born,  to  the  field  ! 
Thy  quiver  take,  thy  weapons  wield  ; 
And  let  thy  filial  hand  supply 
Sweet  nutriment  before  1  die. 

3  That  life  to  &od  I  11  soon  resign 
Once  ransomed  from  Moriah's  shrine ; 
Blest  shall  thou  be,  eer  I  depart, 

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4  Cheered  is  the  dying  patriarch. 

Bur  age  hath  made  his  sense  too  -lark- 
To  heed  the  bold  supplanter's  lure, 
His  primal  blessing  to  secure. 

5  Earth's  fatness  and  the  dews  of  beav'n, 
To  thee,  young  Israel  !  are  given  ; 

\  i  portion  can  the  prophet's  word 
To  Edom  promise,  but  the  sword. 

G  Too  late  he  mourns  his  lost  birthright, 
itemned  through  carnal  appetite; 
Omnipotence  decrees  this  fate, 
His  outraged  laws  to  vindicate. 

7  Such  is  the  lot  the  frail  deserve. 
Who  unto  idol  worship  swerve, 
The  favor  of  sonic  heart  to  win, 
Sunk  like  itself  in  mortal  sin. 

B  Strengthen  me,  Lord  !  with  moral  power 

fely  to  pass  temptation's  hour; 
Nor  let  me  ever  lightly  prize 

Ait  that  Thy  wisdom  sanctifies.       P.  M. 

3.  FAITH  IN  GOD. 

1  1  weep  not  now  as  once  1  wept, 

At  fortune's  strokes  severe  ; 
Sine*  faith  hath  to  my  bosom  crept, 
And  placed  a  buckler  there 

2  Lightly  upon  this  holy  shield 

Falls  sorrow's  thorny  rod, 
And  lej  who  wears  it  learns  to  yield 
Submissively  to  God. 


GO 

1 1  breaks  the  force  oi  ev'ry  dart 

By  disappointment  hurled 
Againsl  the  shrinking  human  heart, 

tn  this  cold,  callous  world. 

Wrestling  with  this,  I  have  defied 

All  that  my  peace  assailed  ; 
Passion  subdued  hath  turned  aside. 

And  sin  before  it  quailed. 

How  many  wounds  would  now  be  mine, 

How  many  pangs  intense  ! 
But  for  the  shield  of  faith  divine, 

My  spirit's  strong  defence. 

Oh  !  when  in  prayer  my  hand-  I  lift 

To  Thee,  Almighty  God  ! 
The  excellence  of  this  Thy  gift, 

With  fervor  will  \  laud.  p.  m. 


uO  1  0  God!  to  Thy  paternal  grace, 
e/O  That  ne'er  its  bounty  measures. 

All  gifts  Thy  grateful  children  trace. 
That  constitutes  life's  pleasures. 

l!   Light,  being,  liberty,  and  joy, 
All,  all  to  Thee  arc  owing  ; 
Nor  can  another  hand  destroy 
Blessings  of  Thy  bestowing. 

3  None,  save  our  own  :   for  in  man's  heart 
Such  passions  are  secreted. 
That  peace  affrighted  weeps  apart, 
T<>  see  Thy  aim  defeated. 

•1    TAght  is  made  dim  by  human  guile, 
Existence  'h»ih  but  languish, 


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And  freedom  loses  her  bright  smile 
'Mid  scenes  ui  strife  ana  anguish. 

5  Father!  though  forfeited  by  sin 

Are  all  Thy  tender  mercies: 
There  is  a  trusting  faith  within 
That  ev'ry  fear  dispel  - 

6  Honor  and  praise  to  Thee  belong. 

0  God  of  our  salvation  ! 
Who  will  defend  from  shame  and  wrong 
Thy  first  elected  nation. 

7  Protector  of  the  quick  and  dead  ! 

Thy  love  this  world  o'erfloweth  ; 
And,  when  the  "vital  spark"'  hath  fled, 
Eternal  life  bestoweth.  p.  m. 

Psalm  xxxvii. 

1  Let  thy  heart  forever  delight  in   the  Lord, 

Though  its  purity  malice  assaileth  ; 
For  naught  that  detractors  may  breathe  or 
record 
Against  innocence  ever  prevaileth. 

2  The  slanderer's  shaft  on  himself  shall  recoil, 

By  the  heavenly  Father  reverted  ; 
Whose  hand  cutteth  down  the  green  herb 
to  the  soil, 
And  the  being  that  justice  perverted. 

ret  not  thyself  when  prosperity  bringeth 
Treasures  untold  to  the  proud  and  unjust ; 
Righteousness   over   their   sepulchi 
.  eth  : 
Gold  cannot  ransom  the  soul  from  the 
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•I    From  evil  depart;  lei  wrath  be  forsaken; 
Meekness  and  truth  (u><\'<  blessings 
shall  merit , 
Lei  poverty's  plaint  thy  pity  awaken, 
Thou,   \vln>  the  gifts  of  earth   wouldsj 
inherit. 

5  Awhile  the  transgressor  may  seem  to  tower 

Like  a  green  bay-tree  in  the  genial  ray; 
But  his  seed  shall  perish  in  life's  first  hour, 
And  his  land  to  strangers  shad!  pass 
away. 

6  Oh!    follow    the    perfect    man — mark    the 

ii} )  right, 
For  to  him  salvation  and  peace  belong  ; 
His  judgments  are  clear  as  meridian  light, 
And  the  branch  of  his  root  shall  flourish 
long.  P.  M, 

Psalm  xxxviii. 

Rebuke  me  not  nor  chasten  me, 

In  Thy  displeasure,  L<>n\  ! 
But  let  a  frail  transgressor  be 

To  virtue's  path  restored, 

2  My  heart  like  grass  is  withered  up, 

Sorrow  my  st  rength  dest  roys  ; 

Sm's  bitter  drop  within  my  cup, 

Life's  sparkling  draught  alloys 

3  I  n  vain  my  spirit  seeks  repose 

From  all  its  worldly  cares  ; 
M me  adversaries  round  me  <•!• 
They  compass  me  with  snares, 


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My  friends  and  kinsmen  stand  aloof, 

And  mock  me  from  alar  ; 
My  soul,  untouched  by  their  reproof, 

Turns  to  its  guiding  Star. 

For  with  unbroken  trust  will  I 

In  Thee,  my  God  !  confide, 
Who  deigns  the  meek  to  dignify, 

The  arroganl  to  chide.  p.  m. 


\.  BOPE  IN  GOD. 

Psalm  cxxi. 

1  1  lift  mine  eyes  unto  the  hills, 

And  to  the  boundless  sky, 
Thro'  all  life's  sad  and  varied  ills. 
Our  help  is  from  on  high. 

2  The  heavenly  King,  who  e'er  shall  be, 

In  might  eternal  reigns  ; 
When  sorrow's  darts  encompass  me, 
He  every  hope  sustains. 

3  The  burning  rays  of  noon-tide  sun. 

Shall  smite  me  not  by  day  . 
And  while  the  evil  path  1  shun. 
God  will  protect  my  way. 

4  On  every  side  lie  is  my  shade. 

And  still  preserves  my  soul  ; 
Bis  greatness  ever  is  displayed 

Thro'  years  that  onward  roll. 

5  From  tins  time,  aud  for  evermore, 

II  is  mercy  mildly  beams  ; 
Lord  !   lead  me  to  that   heavenly  shoj  e 
Where  peace  eternal  gleams.         cm. 


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1  Though  I  from  kindred  meet  but  scorn. 
And  am  by  parents  left  forlorn  : 

Still  my  heart,  absolved  from  wrong, 
Lifts  to  Q-od  its  grateful  song. 

2  Thy  countenance,  celestial  Sire  ! 
With  courage  shall  my  soul  inspire, 
Meekly  man's  contempt  to  hear. 
And  all  worldly  woe  and  care. 

3  Mark  kim*  from  whom  all  Israel  sprang  ; 
Keenly  he  feels  the  parting  pang, 
When  from  kindred  far  removed. 

And. from  childhood's  home  beloved. 

4  Then  was  the  angel's  ladder  brought 
Before  the  dreaming  exile's  thought, 
Which  the  righteous  soul  might  teach 
How  the  throne  of  God  to  reach. 

5  From  base  to  summit,  the  blest  youth 
Beheld  progressive  steps  to  truth, 
Beaming  with  immortal  hands 

That  reveal  their  Maker's  plans. 

6  These  to  the  sleeper  heaven  ope, 

Whence  issue  thrilling  words  of  hope  . 
"Son  of  man!  I  am  with  thee 
Wheresoever  thou  mayst  flee." 

7  A  nd  is  not  ( rod's  paternal  tone 

To  Jacob's  da »se)i  offspring  known  '.' 

Is  there  no  celestial  g 

To  the  House  we  consecrate? 

1  tenesis,  chap,  xzvii.  10,  17. 


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8  Devol  iou  here  a  ladder  tears, 

Whose  goldeD  steps  are  guileless  prayers; 
These  will  the  angel-forms  disclose, 

When  tin*  soul  here  seeks  repos 

9  Therefore  in  filial  trust  will  I 
To  Thee,  my  God,  in  sorrow  fly; 
If,  though  wounded  and  forlorn, 

In  my  heart  guilt  hides  no  thorn.  P.  M. 

Psalm  xlii.  v.  11. 

1    "Why  art  thou  east  down,  my  soul?" 

Does  not  a  God  in  heaven  reign, 
And  each  human  lot  control, 

Whether  with  pleasure  fraught  or  pain? 
Will  He  not  life's  bark  conduct, 

Tlio'  darkness  hides  the  treach'rous  shoal 
That  thy  passage  would  obstruct? 

"Why  art  thou  east  down,  my  soul?" 

-  "Why  art  thou  disquieted?" 

Terror  his  bosom  agitates 
Who  in  sin  has  rioted, 

And  Heaven's  wrath  anticipates  . 
But  la1  whose  breast  is  free  from  guilt, 

Undaunted  hears  His  thunders  roll, 
His  trust  en  grace  divine  is  built  ; 

What  disquiets  thee,  my  soul? 

"Oh!   forever  hope  in  God!"1 
Who  has  countless  suns  created. 

And  enamelled  earth's  green  sod 
By  their  beams  illuminated  ; — 

Who  from  ruin  joy  can  bring 
To  the  believer's  blest  abode. 


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And  make  the  mourner's  heart  to  Ring: 
,k0h  !  forever  hope  in  God." 

4  "Thou  shah  praise  and  I  hank  Him  yel  ! 

Joyfully  to  Him  confessing, 
Thou  in  seeming  blight  hast  met 

Oft  a  parent's  real  blessing, — 
Him  who,  on  the  grave's  dark  brink, 

Has  salvation's  fountain   set, 
That  each  godly  s<>ul  may  drink  : 

"Thou  shalt  praise  and  thank  Ht  >i  yet. 

5  "My  support  and  help  art  Thou. 

Lord!  when  clouds  of  sadness  lower.' 

Rock  of  my  defence  art  Thou. 

0  gracious  God  !  in  peril's  hour. 
Star  to  star  and  deep  to  deep 

Thy  providence  do  e'er  avow  ; 
My  song  with  theirs  shall  concert  keep  . 

"My  support  and  help  art  Thou." 

P.   M 

/*  J    1   When  grief  on  the  heart  has  weighed 
U4:  Till  its  finest  chords  are  hushed, 

And  feelings  that  hope  once  swayed 
By  clamorous  cares  are  crushed  : 
Remember,  God  most  prizes 
Those  whom  His  rod  chastises. 

2  When  man  no  respite  taketh 
From  trouble,  pain,  or  sorrow, 
But  from  brief  slumber  waketh 

To  toils  and  cares  each  morrow 
To  God  it  he  Btill  buraeth, 
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\\  ben,  by  the  world  neglected. 

Alone  thou  bravest  dangers; 
When  those  thy  heart  selected, 

From  friends  are  changed  to  strangi 
Look  !  lorn  pilgrim,  look  above 
For  better  life  and  Btronger  love. 

And  oh  !   when  death  advances. 

Tremble  not  at  the  vision, 
But  meet  with  smiling  glances, 

That  angel  of  transition. 
Whose  scythe  the  fetter  cleaveth, 
That  thy  bruised  spirit  grieveth.  r.  M, 


5.  LOVE  OF  GOD. 

1  i)h!   love  the  Lord  with  all  thy  heart . 

Its  best  affections  sacrifice. 
Rather  than  from  His  law  depart, 
Who  is  most  holy,  just,  and  wise, 

2  Oh  !   love  the  Lord  with  all  thy  soul 

Which  bears  a  principle  divine, 
That  shall  beyond  its  human  goal 
Among  angelic  natures  shine. 

3  Oh!  love  the  Lord  with  all  thy  might; 

For  He  has  made  thy  spirit  strong, 
Firmly  to  wrestle  fur  the  right. 
And  fearlessly  resist  tic  wrong 

1   I  >fi  !  love  the  Lord  !  to  Hun  devote 

Thy  tine-,  thy  treasure,  ami  thy  thought 
Let  these,  each  holy  scheme  promote, 
By  which  salvation  may  be  wrought. 


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5  Oh!   love  the  Lord!   who,  from  thy  birth 
To  life's  lasl  moment,  naughl  denies; 
And  after  death  commands  the  earth 
To  yield  the  spirit  to  the  skies.         p.  m. 

(i.  GRATITUDE  TOWARDS  GOD. 

1  With  ardent  love  and  reverence  dec]*, 

We  bow  before  Thee,  gracious  Lord  ; 
Whose  marvels  we  in  memory  keep, 

Whose  mercies  on  our  hearts  record ; 
And  with  a  fervent  gratitude, 
Praise  Thee  for  gifts  each  day  renewed. 

2  For  th&t  first  life,  from  dust  created, 

Which,  though  fragile  as  the  flowers, 
By  Thine  own  image  animated. 

O'er  the  dust  in  triumph  towers  ; 
For  bounties  every  day  renewed, 
Father  !  accept  our  gratitude. 

8  For  verdant  earth  for  ever  teeming 

With  beautiful  and  balmy  forms: 
For  light,  from   star  and  planet   streaming. 

Whose  glow  all  nature  cheers  and  warms: 
For  blessings  every  day  renewed, 
Father!   accept  our  gratitude. 

1  For  memory's  amazing  powers, 
Long  buried  treasures  to  restore, 
And  make,  felicity's  dead  flowers 

Bloom  in  her  atmosphere  once  more 
For  blessings  every  day  renewed,. 
Father  !  accepl  our  gral  itude. 

5   For  conscience^  every  thought  arresting, 
1  ts  purity  to  Bcrul  inize  ; 


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By  virtue's  moral  standard  testing 

The  good  or  ill  that  in  it  li 
For  bounties  every  day  renewed, 
Father  !  accepl  our  gratitude. 

6  Bur  chiefly  for  that  love  paternal 

Which  for  Thy  children  hath  ordained 
A  second  life  in  realms  eternal; 

It'  faith  on  earth  their  souls  sustained  : 
For  an  existence  thus  renewed, 
O  G-od  !  accept  our  gratitude.  p.  M. 

£*7  1   To  man  with  reason's  gift  endued. 
'  ■  The  pleasing  task  pertains, 

Of  pouring  forth  his  gratitude 
In  pure  and  pious  strains. 

:2  Bo  !  how  the  branches  of  a  tree 
Back  to  its  root  convey 
The  sap  that  gave  vitality 
To  blossom,  fruit,  and  spray. 

3  From  mute,  external  nature,  then, 

A  gentle  lesson  learn  ; 
With  tilial  love,  ye  sons  of  num. 
Parental  care  return. 

4  Let  gratitude  within  each  breasl 

:  its  high  control  ; 
its  presence,  like  an  angel  guest, 
Shall  sanctify  tin-  soul. 

5  (  lanst  thou,  O  Jeshurun  !  foi 

Thy  Benefactor's  claim  ? 
Tic  God  who  o'er  all  others 
Tliv  nation,  faith  ami  name  ? 


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6  Oh  !  let  us  in  His  praise  unite 
Who  gave  with  liberal  band 
Life,  liberty,  and  moral  light, 

II  is  law  to  understand.  p.  if. 


7.  SUBMISSION  TO  THE  WILL  OF  GOD 

/*Q  1  God  Supreme!  to  Thee  I  pray, 
"J^      Let  my  lips  be  taught  to  say, 

Whether  good  or  ill  may  flow. 

Hallelujah,  be  it  so  ' 

2  What  Thy  wisdom  may  dictate 
Let  Thy  servant  vindicate; 
Though  it  may  my  hopes  o'erthrow, 
Hallelujah,  be  it  so  ! 

3  Friends  may  falsify  my  trust. 
Kindred  also  prove  unjust, 

Wound  my  heart  and  chill  its  glow, — 
Hallelujah,  be  it  so ! 

4  Health  and  comfort  may  decline, 
Why  at  this  should  I  repine? 
Both  to  Thee,  my  God,  1  owe, 
Hallelujah,  be  it  so ! 

5  When  by  disappointment  stung, 
I  lard  it  is  for  human  tongue 

Still  to  say,  though  tears  may  flow, 
Hallelujah,  be  it  so  ! 

6  Yet,  from  Mercy's  aid  shall  spring 
SI  rength  of  spiril  si  ill  to  sing 
'Mid  bereavemenl .  pain,  and  woo. 
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i4(\  1   Oh  !  that  on  morning's  dewy  wings 
"'•'  I  from  the  world  naighi  flee  away  ; 

Ami  thus  escape  i be  bosom-si Lngs 
Fate  may  infliel  some  future  clay.' 

-  And  is  it  virtue's  part  to  shrink 

From  aughl  that   Heaven  may  ordain  '.' 
shall  man,  tin:  first  and  brighest  link 
In  animated  nature'.-  chain, 

3  Accepl  the  gifts  of  grace  divine, 

Vet  murmur  at  the  mingled  ill  ? 
Not  patiently  his  soul  resigfi 
To  (rod's  unalterable  will  ? 

4  Mortal  !   thy  impious  wish  recall, 

Thy  spirit  arm   with  fortitude; 
Let  guilt  alone  thy  breast  appal, 

Tho'  thorns  be  in  thy  pathway  strewed. 

5  Prostrate  thyself  before  the  Lord, 

Ask  not  from  pain  or  woe  to  fly; 
But  that  He  will  that  strength  accord 
Which  triumphs  o'er  calamity.  P.  IC. 

"7|  |    1    Draw  nigh,  0  Lord!   unto  my  soul  ; 
•  ^  Compassionate  and  kind, 

Thou  only  canst  the  grief  control 
Within  its  depths  confined. 

l*   How  long,  how  deeply  I  have  mourned, 
No  human  tongue  can  tell  ; 
For  from  a  heartless  world  \  turned 
To  wee]*  hut  not  rebel. 

3   X"  !   ne'er  have  I .  with  lip  profane, 
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Why  I  the  bitter  cup  should  drain, 
Why  writhe  beneath  the  rod. 

4  The  hand  of  Mercy  well  I  knew 

No  burthen  would  impose, 
That  man's  endurance  could  subdue, 

I  f  faith  her  aid  bestows. 

5  Crushed  are  my  hopes,  my  kindred  gone 

Before  me  to  the  tomb  ; 
And  Thou  alone,  most  Holy  One. 
Canst  dissipate  my  gloom. 

G  The  arrow  in  my  bosom  lies ; 

But  stricken  hearts  have  learned, 
That  oft  to  ''blessings  in  disguise," 

Misfortunes  have  been  turned.  p.  m. 

•yi    II  wept  when  from  my  eager  grasp. 
I  *■  The  hollow  toys  of  fortune  fell  ; 

Nor  would  that  Holy  Book  unclasp. 
Where  purer,  brighter  treasures  dwell. 

_!  There  came  another  heavy  stroke, — 
Those  I  loved  from  earth  departed  ; 
Ye\  were  the  words  religion  spoke 
Lost  upon  the  broken-hearted. 

3   1  dared  that  Providence  distrust, 

From  whom  calamities  had  flowed  ; 
Forgel i ing,  as  I  bowed  to  dust. 

Whose  baud  past  blessings  had  bestowed. 

1   Bu1  suddenly,  as  from  a  dream, 

I I  umbled  and  self-rebuked  1   woke; 

M v  spirit  i hen  saw  Mercy's  beam. 

And  heard  the  words  thai  wisdom  spoke 


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How  long  wilt  thou,  O  child  of  clay  ' 
Thy  Maker's  frown  in  trials  see? 

Nor  mark  His  smile  in  every  ray 
That  brightens  thy  prosperity? 

[  wept  again;   but  blest  the  rod 

Against  whose  chast'ning  I  rebelled, 

And  praised,  with  equal  zeal,  my  God 
For  what  He  gave  and  what  withheld. 

p.  it. 

0  Thou  !  in  whom  the  power  dwells 

To  heal  or  wound,  to  save  or  slay. 
Whose  hand  alone  the  mandate  seals 

That  hastens  or  arrests  decay, — 
Let  me,  with  pious  fortitude, 

Thy  dispensations  justify. 
And  in  each  great  vicissitude, 

With  perfect  faith  on  Thee  rely. 

Oh  ye  !  who  have  consigned  to  dust 

Some  darling  object  of  your  care. 
Fail  not  in  Heaven  still  to  trust. 

Whose  Mercy  will  your  loss  repair; 
Nor  let  the  bitter  cup  in  vain 

Be  tendered  to  your  trembling  lips; 
For  (rod.  with  beneficial  pain, 

Thus  of  its  pride  the  spirit  strips. 

Mortals  presume  to  call  their  own 

Blessings  vouchsafed  by  grace  divine  ; 
Not  as  a  gift  but  as  a  loan, 

Father  !  will  I  consider  mine. 
And  when  Thou  wiliest  to  recall 

All  that  on  earth  1  love  the  best, 
Before  Thy  footstool  I  will  fall, 

And  bow  t<>  Thy  supreme  behest. 


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7! 


The  messengers  of  death  surround 
Alike  the  palace  and  the  cot  ; 

Nor  king,  nor  vassal  can  be  found 
Who  shall  escape  the  common  lot. 

Let  mighty  conquerors  declare, 
[f  they  can  with  disease  contend, 

Nor  in  their  final  struggle  share 

The  pangs  that  meaner  bosoms  rend. 

Pilgrims!   whose  aggregate  of  days, 

With  vast  eternity  compared, 
But  as  a  fleeting  moment  weighs, 

For  the  last  hour  be  prepared; 
Wrestle  with  sin,  watch,  worship,  praise, 

And  glorify  the  Lord  your  God, 
Who  shall  to  life  eternal  raise 

The  saints  that  sleep  beneath  the  sod. 

P,  tf. 

''Affliction  cometh  not  from  dust. 

Nor  trouble  from  the  ground  ;" 
But  from  a  Source  all -wise  and  just. 

A  God  with  mercy  crowned. 

The  heavy  hand  from  heaven  came 

That  on  thy  heart  is  pressed  ; 
But,  oh9  remember  'tis  the  same 

By  which  then  oft  art  blessed. 

Nasi  then,  in  looking  o'er  the  list 

( )!'  friends  and  kindred  dear. 
The  names  of  many  loved  and  missed, 

That  were  but  lately  there  " 

< ).  -elfish  mournerl  weep  n<>  mere 

For  spirits  disenl  hralled, 
For  t hose  who  mortals  were  before, 

Ibii  now  arc  angels  called. 


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>  Wouldst  thou,  who  standest  on  the  brink 

Of  the  Bepulchral  sod, 
To  Buff'ring  clay  those  -mils  relink 
That  have  escaped  to  ( rod  ? 

>  Rather  than  lower  these  to  thee, 

Lei  faith  exalt  thy  mind, 
In  death  ( rod's  delegate  to  see, 
Who  will  the  severed  bind. 

All  terror  from  thy  thought  dismiss: 

For  on  His  wings  alone 
The  righteous  leave  the  grave's  abyss, 

T<>  reach  their  Father's  throne.         p.  M. 

1    Healer  of  the  wounded  heart  ! 

Hearer  of  the  mourner's  prayer  ! 
Fortitude  to  me  impart, 
Life's  vicissitudes  to  hear. 

2  Let  me  be  possessed  alone 

Of  the  wealth  that  wisdom  yields, 

Such  as  leads  to  Heaven's  throne. 
Such  as  virtue'-  stain})  reveals. 

3  What  is  knowledge  but  the  light 

From  Omnipotence  derived  ? 
Truth,  by  whose  reflection  bright, 
Faith  and  hope  are  e'er  revived  ? 

4  Grant,  0  Lord  '  above  all  gifts 

Understanding  may  be  mine. 

Such  as  human  nature  lifts 

to  that  which  is  divine. 

5  Then  what  mercy  hath  decreed 

Will  be  rightly  understood ; 


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That  no  heart  is  doomed  to  bleed 

But  for  some  determined  good.  p.  M. 

^JK  1   Lord  !  let  Thy  countenance  now  shine 
'  ^  Upon  Thy  creature's  clouded  sense  ; 

That  I  my  spirit  may  resign 
To  all  Thou  wiliest  to  dispense. 

2  That,  struggling  in  the  depths  of  woe, 

I  may  not  to  despondence  yield; 
But,  while  affliction's  waters  flow, 

Praise  my  Redeemer,  Rock,  and  Shield. 

3  Let  sorrow  to  my  stricken  heart, 

Through  faith,  be  ever  sanctified  : 
Let  grief  perform  an  angel's  part, 
And  unto  Thee  the  mourner  guide. 

4  Alas!   what  fragile  props  indeed 

Doth  human  nature  rest  upon  ; 
Its  staff  is  but  a  broken  reed, 

By  death  in  one  brief  hour  withdrawn. 

5  Draw  nigh  to  me,  0  gracious  God 

No  more  let  my  affections  cleave 
To  earth's  frail  idols,  which  the  sod 
Is  ever  open  to  receive. 

6  Sire,  eternal  and  supreme  ! 

To  Thee  my  trembling  voice  1  raise. 
Praying  Thou  wilt  with  mercy's  beam 
Enlighten  all  my  future  wavs.  p.  m. 


H  7?  1    Despond  not,  ( )  my  heart  ' 
■  ^'      Bui  firmly  bear  t hy  pari 

I  n  life's  severe  probal  ion 


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The  path  by  virtue  trod, 
Though  rugged,  leads  to  God, 

My  Rook  and  my  Salvation. 

Banish  thy  secret  grief, 
Earth's  pilgrimage  is  brief, 

Its  turmoils  evanescent  ; 
And  when  the  Mesh  decays, 
God's  word  the  hope  conveys. 

Of  happiness  incessant. 

The  innocent shrink  not 

From  their  appointed  lo1  : 

But,  in  the  deepest  sorrow. 
Believe  that  heaven's  light 
Follows  fate's  starless  night, 

To  gild  the  unborn  morrow, 

Lord!  though  my  cares  incre 
Oh  !  grant  me  inward  peace 

And  pious  resignation  ; 
Let  all  I  may  endure, 
Render  my  spirit  pure. 

And  worthy  of  salvation.  r.  M. 


1   Many  are  the  pains  and  sorrows 
Life  has  yet  for  me  in  store  ; 
But. from  faith  my  spirit  borrows 

Strength,  its  trials  to  endure. 
Through  darkest  clouds  bright   sunbeams 

break  ; 
Lord!  Thou  wilt  not  Thy  child  forsake! 

_  Though  falsehood,  with  envenomed  dart. 
M  ay  my  innocence  assail, 


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1 1  cannot  long  affect  my  heart, 
Shielded  by  religion's  mail,* 
Nor  thence/ the  sweet  conviction  take 
i  rod  ne'er  will  virl  lie's  cause  forsake, 

3  Though  all  I  love  and  cherish  sink 

Prematurely  in  the  grave* 
In  woe  I  will  not  cease  to  think: 
Merety  smiteth#but  to  save. 

The  dead  will  in  God's  kingdoni  wake. 
The  living  lie  will  not  forsake 

4  Though  death, in  frightful  form  appear, 

'Grainst  my  life, to  lift  his  scythe. 
My  mind  shall  triumph  over  fear, 

Though  the  frailer  ilesh  may  writhe 
lis  perfect  trust  this  cannot  shake  ; 
The  faithful  God  will  not  forsake, 

h  Omnipotent !    Thou  art  with  mc 
In  tears  and  tribulation  ; 
Creator  !   /  submit  to  Thee 

In  every  dispensation. 
My  soul  Thy  essence  doth  partake; 
This.  Father!   Thou  wilt  not  forsake. 

p.  M. 

)  1  When  1  would  smile,  remembrance  brings 


A  thousand  sad  and  bitter  things, 
Vexations,  crosses,  wrongs  and  w 
That  blighted  hope  and  broke  repose, 
Heavenly  Sire!   Holy  One! 
When  shall  1  say,  Thy  will  be  done! 

2  I  mourned  for  one  who.  like  a  i  win, 

Shared   every  thought  thai  passed  within; 


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I  >h !   would  that  1  might  die  for  thee,'1 
Was  echoed  in  my  agony. 
1 1  ■  avenly  Sire  !   Holy  I  >ne  ! 
I  should  have  said.  Thy  will  be  done  ! 

3  Time  brought  me  to  tin-  Lord,  my  Shield, 
Whose  helnmy  wounds  had  scarcely  healed, 
When  suff  rings,  various  and  deep, 

broyed  my  health^and  banished  sleep  ; 
Heavenly  Sire  !  Holy  On*' ! 
My  words  were  not.  Thy  will  be  done! 

4  I  saw  my  kindred's  fortunes  changed, 

The  feelings  of  my  friends  estranged  : 
In  silence  1  was  doomed  to  grie 

I  >'er  wants  my  hand  could  not  relieve. 

Heavenly  Sire  !  Holy  One  ! 

I  said  not  yet,  Thy  will  be  done  ! 

5  How  weak  in  faith#must  1  have  been  ; 

How  led  by  sorrow  into  sin. 
In  trial  ne'er  to  recognise 

The  seraph  mercy  in  disguise. 
v.ady  Sire  !   Holy  I  I 

My  heart  now  says,  Thy  will  be  done  ! 

P.   M. 

1  God  of  the  universe!  unfailing  friend 
Of  all  who  meekly  at  Thy  footstool  bend, 
In  pious  gratitude  for  bless  ed, 
Or  resignation  to  tic  ills  ordained, — 

2  (  di  '  grant  me  firmness  in  the  hour  of  woe. 
To  bless  the  being  who  has  dealt  the  blow  ; 
And  in  the  furnace,  with  unceasing  prayer, 
Avert  the  evil  promptings  of  despair. 


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3  Hast  Thou  withdrawn  the  authors  of  my 

birth  ? 
Recalled  my  dearesi  kindred  from  theearth? 
Though  nature  may  her  tearful  tribute  claim, 
Still  let  the  voice  of  faith  exalt  Thy  name. 

]   God  of  the  universe  !  at  Thy  command, 

The  sun  himself  and  all  the  starry  band 
Shall,  like  the  human  frame,  at  last  decay, 
Nor  leave,  from  globes  dissolved,  one 
ling'ring  ray. 

5  All,  all  must  perish  by  progressive  blight, 

( )r  sudden  failure  of  the  vital  light ; 
What  unction  then  shall  be  to  mourners  left, 
Of  their  material  treasures  thus  bereft  ? 

6  Graven  on  rocks  with  pen  of  diamond  poo  it, 
Are  words  that  shall  like  balm  their  wounds 

anoint : 
The  soul  of  man  o'er  ruined  worlds  shall 

spring, 
And  with  immortal  hosts  Thy  glories  sing. 

P.  M. 


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Frail,  feeble,  inefficient  man  ! 

In  one  thing  only  art  thou  strong; 
In  will,  to  thwart  thy  Maker's  plan, 

In  deed,  to  execute  the  wrong. 

Unreal  glory  and  false  shame, 
By  turns  thy  hearl  and  mind  divide; 

The  first  is  found  in  wealth  or  fame, 
TlK'  last  is  only  wounded  pride. 

The  .just  who  doth  the  poor  redress, 
Below  the  judge  corrupl  is  placed  ; 


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An<i  friends  untitled  please  thee  less 
Than  strangers  thai  with  rank  are  graces  I 

4  The  majesty  of  mortal  kings 

To  thee  is  ever  sand  ified  ; 
Yet  from  thy  Lips  arraignment  springs 
Of  God,  who  doth  o'er  all  preside. 

5  0  shallow  worldling!  when  they  smite, 

In  silence  thou  reeeivest  the  blow  : 
Yet  questionsl  thy  Creator's  right 
The  stroke  corrective  to  bestow. 

6  Thou  dar'st  not  in  familiar  tone 

To  princes  of  this  world  appeal  ; 

And  yet  upon  the  great  Unknown 

Call  lightly  in  thy  woe  or  weal. 

7  The  Lord's  anointed  is  not  he 

Who  in  a  robe  of  state  appears  ; 
It  .is  the  pious,  pure  and  free, 

Whose  spirit  virtue's  ermine  wears, 

8  Frail,  feeble,  inefficient  man  ! 

Oh  pray  !  that  thou  may'st  be  ever  strong 
In  will,  to  prosecute  God's  plan, 

[n  deed,  for  e'er  to  shun  the  wrong,    P.  M, 

CI    I   My  God!  my  God!  to  Thee  I  cling 
^  In  sorrow's  I  tying  hour  ; 

Solace  from  Thee  alone  musl  spring. 
Blest  and  benignant  Power  ! 

2  I  know  tlniv's  mercy  in  the  stroke 
Thai  bows  me  to  the  dust, 
It  frees  me  from  my  worldly  y<»k<' 
Ami  wakens  self-distrust 


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3  I  feel  that  faith  her  tower  builds 

On  life's  most  dreary  spot  : 
Her  beam  the  couch  of  suff'ring  gilds, 
And  cheers  the  darkest  lot, 

4  The  wounds  that  from  Thy  hand  divine 

In  meekness  we  receive, 
The  spirit  will  at  last  refine. 
And  without  blemish  leave. 

b  Boast  not.  0  man  !  that  thou  art  free 
From  salutary  pain, 
Which  well-endured  will  prove  to  thee 
A  glory  and  a  gain.  p.  m. 


5.  DUTIES  TOWARDS  OURSELVES. 
1.  SELF-KNOWLEDGE. 

00  1  While  man  explores,  with  curious  eye. 
^^  The  works  of  nature  and  of  art. 

lit1  passeth  real  wisdom  by. 
Nor  cares  to  read  the  human  heart. 

2  A  stranger  to  himself  alone, 

He  walketh  forth  in  worldly  guise  . 
Nor  wouldst  thou  in  his  lofty  tone 
The  child  of  frailty  recognize. 

3  Yet  pause,  0  man  !  in  thy  career, 

And  search  tli<'  chambers  of  thy  bou] 
For  passions  dark  and  deep  are  there, 
That  spurn  at  reason's  weak  control. 

4  A  thirst  for  blood,  for  gold,  for  fame, 

Pollutes  thee,  je\  thou  know'st  it  nol 
Because  it  borrows  glory's  name, 
A nd  sheds  false  lusl re  on  I hv  lut 


•k  piety — self-knowledge  seek, 
Their  guidance  ask  to  virtue's  road; 
On  thee  will  Heaven's  light  then  break, 
And  thou  wilt  know  and  bless  thy  God, 

P.  M. 
_'    SELF  EXAMINATION 

1    Descend  into  thyself,  my  bouI! 
And  ask  religion's  aid 

To  seavh  thy  chambers  and  control 
The  passions  there  arrayed. 

'1   E'en  from  fche  cradle  to  the  grave. 
God  hcareth  frailty's  cry  ; 
Nor  can  the  voice  of  reason  crave 
What  Mercy  will   deny. 

3  Oh  !   ever  prone  is  mortal  man 
To  self-deceit  and  sin  ; 
And  he  who  would  reform  his  plan, 
Musi  turn  his  eye  within, 

1    For  often  vice,  with  specious  art, 
Will  virtue's  tone  affect, 
Deceive  the  sense,  deprave  the  heart 
And  riot  there  unchecked. 

5  Then  firmly  watch  and  freely  probe 

The  slightest  morn]  wound. 
And  boldly  rend  deception's  robe 
That  hides  what  is  unsound. 

6  Long  hast  Thou  taught  Thy  servant,  Lord! 

That  fcrusl  and  timely  prayer 
Will  to  the  spirit  strength  afford. 
Sudi  discipline  to  bear. 

7  The  balm  that  heals  the  sinner's  hurl 

Springs  from  ;t  source  divine  ; 


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0  i  rod  !   regard   nol  my  desert. 
But  let  that  balm  be  mine.  i\  >i. 

Why,  0  heedless  mortal  !  dosl  thou  fly 
So  lightly  o'er  life's  rapid  stream, 

While  its  shores  are  briefly  passing  by, 
Like  the  dim  shadows  of  a  dream? 

Can  thy  spirit  be  a  stranger, 

To  that  current's  depth  and  danger  ? 

2  Why,  0  child  of  pride !  wilt  thou  not  pause, 

Earth's  tangled  pathway  to  explore  9 
On  to  ruin  that  bold  pilgrim  draws, 

Who  in  his  own  strength  rests  secure  : 
Nor  by  self-investigation 
Arms  his  senses  'gainst  temptation,. 

3  Daily  of  myself  should  1  inquire  : 

Have  I  fulfilled  my  being's  end*/ 
Is  it  e'er  my  heart's  supreme  desire, 

With  heaven  all  its  thoughts  to  blend  ? 
Ah  !  woe  is  me!  I  dare  not  say 
Earth  does  not  lead  them  far  astray. 

4  Have  I  in  that  first  law  delighted. 

Wdiich  doth  false  gods  to  man   forbid? 
Or,  while  my  lip  that  law  recited, 

Within  my  breast  sonic  idol  hid? 
Oh!  that  I  could  in  truth  declare  : 
One  God  alone  is  graven  there' 

5  Precepts  to  brotherhood  pertaining, 

Have  I  implicitly  observed  ? 

1  >r  my  ]><)<>)•  neighbor's  love  disdaining, 

From  God's  paternal  mandate  swerved  ? 
Oh '  that  I  might  indeed  respond  : 

I   have  not   broken    nature's  bond. 


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0  When  felicity  was  changed  to  woe, 

Did  J  still  glorify  my  (loci  ? 
Or  was  faith,  thai  man  should  ne'er  forego, 

Relaxed  beneath  His  chast'ning  rod? 
Alas  !  my  frail  and  feeble  mind 
Forgot  past  blessings,  and  repined,. 

7    Lord  !  Jet  this  self-examination. 

Answered  fore'er  in  truthful  tone 
Lead  to  the  perfect  reformation 

Of  sin,  to  which  my  soul  is  prone, 
And  fit  it  in  a  future  state 
With  angels  to  associate.  p.  m. 

OK  1    In  glory,  Lord!   dust  Thou  appeal'. 

^^       And  we  the  call  of  angels  hear, 

The  holy  praise  of  Thy  great  name 
With  pious  rapture  thus  proclaim: 

Hallelujah! 

'1   If  in  palaces  we  abide, 

Or  in  rude  cottages  reside. 
Among  life's  flowers  or  its  weeds, 
Still  let  us  strew  devotion's  seed-. 

Hallelujah ! 

3  Deep  in  the  heart  let  virtues  dwell, 
Like  pearls  within  a  mortal  shell: 
What  purer  gems  for  age  or  youth 
Than  meeki innocence,  and  truth'/ 

Hallelujah! 

4  These  weigh  not  down  the  spirit's  wing 
That  would  to  heaven's  portal  spring  ; 
But  speed  it  in  its  upwrard  cour-»' 

Bv  dint  of  their  own  mora]  for 

Hallelujah! 


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5  0  Thou!  who  art  the  living  Fount, 
I  M   mercies  man  can  never  count, 
From  bonds  of  sin  my  spirit  free, 
Arid  lei  it  soar  and  sing  fco  Thee  : 

Ballelujah! 

G  No  higher  privilege  I  claim 
Than  to  extol  Thy  blessed  name, 
And  answer,  when  the  angels  call, 
Holv  art  Thou.  0  God  of  all  ! 

Hallelujah! 

P.    M. 

:;.  HUMILITY. 

1  Hearken  not.  man  !  to  the  voice  of  self-love  ; 
Adverse  to  nieekness  and  truth  it  will  prove  ; 
Calling  all  puny  achievements  august, 
That  gild  common  clay  or  magnify  dust. 

2  Wisdom  is  walking  for  e'er  by  thy  side. 
Checking    thy   arrogance,    chasfc'ning   thy 

pride, 
Bidding  thee  measure  thy  fabrics  infirm 
With  works  to  which  time  can  affix   no 

term. 

3  How  will  thy  temples  and  altars  compare 
With  those  that  nature  delighted  fco  rear? 
With  the  perfect,  Bublime,  and  vast  designs 
Of  her  forest,  ocean,  or  mountain-shrines? 

4  What  is  thy  beauty  ?  the  bloom  of  an  hour; 

What  fame's  duration?  the  life  of  a  flowei  ; 
Genius  Beems  ever  to  sing  'neath  a  cloud, 
Gold  cannot  brighten  one  thread  of  fche 
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5  Self-lauding  man  !  through  the  firmament' 
bars 
List  to  the  chorus  of  seraphs  and  stars: 
Then  will  thy  heart  in  humility's  tone, 
Bow  to  the  world's  mighty  Master  alone. 

P.  M. 

Q'Y  1  Out  of  sorrow Ji  depths  I  cry 
C  '        To  my  Father,  throned  on  high  : 
Mercy's  hand,    I  humbly  trust, 
Will  remove  the  mourner's  dust. 
While  my  heart  repeats  again. 
the  Holy  One,  Amen  ! 

2  Should  not  I  more  favor  win, 
Than  the  sons  of  shame  and  sin  ? 
Yet  the  if  life  are  theirs, 
While  my  portion  is  hut  tears. 
Wherefoiv  have  I  shouted  then, 
Bless  the  Holy  One,  Amen  ? 

3  What  shall  Heaven  render  thee. 
Who  thy  neighbor's  fault  canst  see, 
Yet  art  sightless. -as  the  mole. 

To  the  blots  upon  thy  soul  ? 

Still  unclean,  though  loud  thy  strain, 

Bless  the  Holy  ( >ne3  A  men  ! 

4  He  who  stands  Belf-justified 
In  his  spiritual  pride, 

Shall  no  grace  from  God  receive. 
Though  he  may  the  world  deceive 
By  repeating  o'er  again, 
Y)\^«  the  Holy  One,  Amen!  p,  if. 


Genesis,  cb  a  p.  XI. 

QQ  1  On  Shinar's  plain  Bee  Babers  bower  rise; 
OO  Woe  shall  the  builders  and  their  work 

betide  ! 
For  that  which  seeks  to  penetrate  the  Bkies, 
Shall  prove  a  ruined  monument  of  pride. 

2  Here  let  the  bold  transgressor  read  his  fate; 

And,  trembling,  pause  amid  his  plans 

profane  ; 
Confusion  shall  upon  his  deeds  await. 
And   incomplete  his   daring    schemes 

remain. 

3  Vainly  he  braves  the  vengeance  of  his  God: 

For  as  a  moral  beacon  shall  he  stand. 
While  many  tongues  shall  spread  his  shame 

abroad, 
His  guilt  proclaiming  through  each 

foreign  land. 

4  Like  lofty  towers,  haughty  hearts  shall  fall, 

While  humble  ones  to  heaven  shall  aspire, 
As  they  in  unity  of  worship  call. 

[n  death  and  life,  on  one  Eternal  Sire 

P.  if. 

QQ  1  My  God,  my  Father,  and  my  Guide  ! 
vV  On  Thee  for  aid  I  call; 

Oh!  save  my  soul  from  wordly  pride, 
Which  causeth  man  to  fall. 

2   Power  is  but  a  subtle  snare. 
Frail  spirits  to  mislead  ; 
Wealth,  a  treacherous  betrayer, 
Fame  hut  a  broken  reed. 


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3  Against  these  lures,  Thy  servant,  Lord  I 

For  succor  hath  appealed, 
Thou  only  canst  these  dangers  ward, 
Who  art  my  Strength  and  Shield. 

4  The  storm  will  smite  the  lofty  tree 

Thar  with  its  rage  contends, 
Bui  leave  the  pliant  sapling  free 
That  to  its  fury  bends. 

5  So  shall  the  meek,  who  humbly  strive 

Thy  wrath  to  deprecate, 
Those  blasts  of  adverse  tare  survive 
Which  shall  the  proud  prostrate. 

6  Save1  [srael  from  worldly  pride, 

All-perfect  Source  of  grace, 
And  to  the  gates  of  heaven  guide 

A  blind  and  wandering  race  !  r.  if. 

4.  CONTENTMENT. 

1    [n  the  great  scales  of  human  life 
God  casteth  good  and  ill, 
The  sweet  and  bitter,  peace  and  strife. 
By  turns  the  balance  fill. 

l!  Mingled  is  every  mortal  draught  ; 
Yet  thtis  will  folly  rave  : 
Wormwood  alone  have  I  e'er  quaffed, 
My  neighbor's  cup  I  crave. 

3   Bis  prayer  by  Providence  is  heard  : 

Doth  he  the  change  enjoy'.'    ■ 
No!  in  his  heart  the  gall-drop  's  stirred, 

That  must  all  things  alloy. 


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4  His  competence  enlarged  bo  wealth, 

Brings  not  expected  bliss  ; 
(Jnsated  appetite  and  health 
Have  been  exchanged  tor  this. 

5  Aimi her  of  his  lot  complains, 

Whom  all  the  world  thinks  blest  ; 
Merc  gold  his  Lofty  soul  disdains. 
But  sighs  for  glory's  cresl . 

6  And  soon  upon  his  brow  august, 

The  meed  of  honor  shines  ; 
But  ah  !   his  lov'd  ones  lie  in  dust, 
For  these  his  spirit  pines. 

7  Take  then,  0  man!  the  chequered  lot, 

To  thee  by  God  assigned  ; 
Give  thanks  for  every  blessing  brought, 
To  evil — be  resigned.  p.  M. 

(H    1  Oh  !  whence  doth  human  happiness  arise  ? 

v  *-      Is  i1  dependent  upon  cloudless  skies" 

Or  on  that  changeless  sunshine  of  the  soul. 
That  calm  content  derived  from  self-control  ? 

2  Light  of  all  seasons,  in  life's  wintry  scene. 
A.s  m  its  buoyanl  spring-time  still  serene, 
Its  tempered  glory  radiates  for  e'er 
From  virtue's  orbil  and  religion's  Bphere. 

8  Let  us  uol  hope  contentment's  beam  to  Snd 
In  a  restless  and  ambitious  mind; 

It  rests  not  on  that    rainbow  of  an  hour, 
The  gold  and  purple  robe  of  worldly  pow'r, 

I    ft  gildetb  not  the  godless  dome  of  pride, 
Nor  in  the  sordid  bosom  will  abide4: 


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But  as  the  day-star  of  each  mortal  shines, 

Who  in  full  trust  his  heart  to  Heaven 
resigns. 

5  0  Thou!  whose  eye  all  human  wants  can 

Grant  that  its  influence  may  govern  me; 
Lei  that  blest  ray  of  peace  my  soul  illume. 
Nor  wane  till  I  descend  into  the  tomb. 

P.   M. 


1  On  dim  futurity,  with  idle  aim, 

Man's  restless  mind  is  ever  prone  to  gaz.e. 
To  know  what  portion  he  may  chance  to 

claim 
Of  all  the  good  and  ill  that  late  displays. 

2  Impious  waste  alike  of  time  and  thought  ! 

[nsane  attempt,  that  curtain  dark  to 
rend. 
The  hand  of  Providence  itself  hath  wrought. 
To  veil  the  evils  that  o'er  life  impend. 

3  Unwise  and  rash!  foreknowledge,  if  possest, 

Would  aggravate  inevitable  woe. 
Would  make  the  present  period  unblest, 
And  crush  the  nerve  that  else  might 
brave  the  Mow. 

4  Thus,  too,  would  promised  pleasure  lose 

its  /.•>!. 

Forestalled  by  expectation  long  and  keen  : 
Oh  !  then  let  Heaven's  wisdom  be  confest, 
That  doth  from  mortal  eves  the  future 
een. 


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5  How  grateful  is  my  heart  to  Thee,  0  Lord! 
For  this  concealment  of  life's  chequered 
J i nes; 
No  tongue  can  utter,  and  no  pen  record 
The  depth  of  all  Thy  merciful  designs. 

I'.    M. 

Proverbs,  chap,  xxvii,  v.  1. 

QO  1    Lei  me  for  present  hours  borrow 
^^  The  garland  pleasure  wears; 

To  (rod  I   11  dedicate  the  morrow, 
And  mourn  for  misspent  years. 

2  Half  of  thy  prayer,  to  thy  own  sorrow, 

Is  granted,  child  of  mirth ! 
The  wreath  is  thine,  but  e'er  the  morrow 
"Twill  lm  with  thee  in  earth. 

3  The  rich  man  'neath  his  purple  awning 

Contented  sits  at  eve, 
Nor  dreams  the  sepulchre  is  yawning, 
His  ashes  to  receive. 

i  A  widow  lifts  the  voice  of  mourning, 
For  him  who  yesterday 
Vowed  with  another  sun's  returning, 
His  pious  debts  to  paw 

5  ''The  world  with  graves  is  perforated," 

But  these  beheld  them  not, 
Their  lit 'a  its  with  luxury  elated, 
Death's  dwelling-place  forgot. 

6  I )  [srael  !  the  lesson  borrow, 

Nor,  for  earth's  brightest  things. 
Defer  to  an  uncertain  morrow 

Praise  to  tin*  Kins  of  kings.  p.  m. 


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1   (Jli !   where  is  he  who  yesterda} 
Stood  erecl  in  manhood's  prime  ? 
Weep  !  for  the  shadow  of  decay 
Rests  upon  the  child  of  time  ; 

Weep  for  creation's  noble  chief, 
Whose  vital  tenure  is  so  brief. 

Woe  to  the  man,  who  in  a  cloudless  morning 
Promise  of  a  golden  sunset  sees  ! 

Nor  heeds  experience  that  whispers  warning, 
"Peril  lurks  in  every  passing  breeze." 

2  From  the  same  elements  may  spring 

Balm,  and  bloom,  and  mortal  blight  : 
Yet  we  watch  not  tune's  fleet  wing, 

But  pursue  some  vain  delight. 
For  changing  seasons  unprepared, 
Though  every  leaf  of  life  is  Beared, 

0  shame  !  thus  to  foil  our  Maker's  intent. 

Who  moral  sagacity  gave; 
That   we   might  improve  to   their   utmost 
extent, 
Years  that    pass    between    birth    and   the 
grave. 

3  Waste  not  the  present  in  regret 

For  omissions  of  the  past  : 
Bright  bl..<soms  may  be  gathered  yet. 

Through  eternity  to  last. 
These  are  virtues — angel  flowers. — 
Natives  of  celestial  bowers. 

Be  thai  to  immortality  aspires, 
Musi  his  heart  to  Heaven  dedicate, 

And  all  its  thoughts,  its  feelings,  and  desires, 
Bv  the  laws  of  mercy  regulate.         i\  if. 


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5,   FOE  THE  SICK 

QK  1    Hear  my  voice  and  granl  my  pray'r, 
^''  0  Thou  Life-sustaining  God  ! 

Heal  my  flesh,  my  spirit  cheer, 

That  I  may  Thy  mercy  laud, 

2  Trespasses  thai  seemed  but  light, 

When  my  health  and  strength  remained. 
Now  that  these  have  taken  flight, 
All  the  weight  of  guilt  have  gained. 

:>>  Oh!  that  I,  in  hours  past. 

With  my  soul  had  oft  communed  ; 
Slumb'ring  passions  thence  to  casl 
That  awaken  but  to  wound. 

4  Lengthen  out  the  little  span 

Of  Thy  worshipper,  0  Lord  ! 
Nor,  till  I  reform  my  plan, 

Cleave  for  e'er  the  vital  cord, 

5  As  the  dial's  shadow  turned 

At  the  pray'r  of  Judah's  king. 
Let  not  my  appeal  he  Bpurned, 

Save  me  still  Thy  praise  to  sing.       P.  M 

tf.  PREPARATION    FOR   DEATH. 

%1  0  thou!  possest  of  health  and  bloom, 
Think  how  they  once  in  others  glowed: 
And  yet,  bow  many  t<>  the  tomb 

Passed,  unprepared,  bo  meel   their  Grod, 

l*   Pilgrim  I  "  thy  bouse  in  order  set  !"' 
Thy  bou]  for  sudden  change  prepare, 
Ere  thou,  bo  cancel  nature's  debt. 
A  j-i  forced  into  an  unknown  sphere, 


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3  To  every  fleeting  day  then  link 

Some  blest  remembrance  aa  it  flies, 
Some  deed  thai  on  the  grave's  -lark  brink 
To  soothe  thy  conscience  may  a  i 

I    Keep  mercy  ever  in  thy  sight, 

Whether  thoujudgesl  friend  or  foe, 

Her  mantle,  pure  as  heaven's  light, 

Around  each  erring  spirit  threw. 

5  Let  faith  triumphant  o'er  all  thinge 

Virtue  teach  and  self-denial) 

And  firmly  shall  her  angel  wings, 

Bear  thee  through  life's  stormy  trial. 

6  Mortal  !   be  warned,  while  yet  thy  prime 

By  dread  disease  is  anassailed  ; 

Oh  !  trust  not  to  the  future  time. 

Whose  aspect  God  himself  hath  veiled. 

p.  M. 

6  DUTIES  TOWARDS  OTHEBs. 
1.  TRUTH. 

1  Let  the   standard   of   truth   by    Judah  be 

planted. 
Where'er  he  may  chance  to  abide; 

Let    praise    to    the   God   of   his    father   be 
chanted. 
Though  strangers  his  worship  deride. 

2  Oh!  fail  not  to  tester  each  pious  emotion 

That  reason  <>r  faith  generates  ; 
Bui     freely    and    fearlessly    breathe   your 
devotion 
To  Gfod,  whe  tie-  soul  animates 


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3  How  weak  is  the  sceptre  of  temporal 

power, 

The  spirit  of  truth  to  o'erthrow  ! 
Sublimely  o'er  time  doth  her  majesty  tower, 
Eternity's  herald  below. 

4  Her  Law  is  a  lamp  to  the  feet  of  each  mortal 

That  else  would  in  dark  places  stray  ; 
Its  light  radiates  immortality's  portal, 
Nor  wanes,  though  a  world  may  decay, 

5  Oh!  follow  her  path,  and  forsake  that  of 

error, 
All  ye  who  salvation  would  seek  ; 
Nor  ever,  through  danger,  through  shame, 

or  through  terror, 
Her  glorious  ordinance  break.  p.  m. 


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Early  and  late  my  God  I  seek. 

Before  Him, stand  and  pray  : 
Yet  find  all  human  words  too  weak 

His  wonders  to  portray. 

2  I  love  to  see  the  morning  light 

Break  forth  to  gladden  earth, 
Like  charity,  thai  takes  delight 
In  cheering  humble  worth. 

3  And  when  the  glorious  star  of  eve 

Ascends  the  vault  on  high, 
The  first  to  reach,  the  last  to  leave 

Its  station  in  th<i  sky. 

4  1  think  of  Hope,  whose  rays  Berene 

The  dawn  of  life  illume, 
And  still  in  its  decline  are  Been 
Lingering  above  the  tomb. 


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5  But  brighter,  purer,  more  divine, 
Is  truth  than  either  orb  : 
Let  this,  0  God  !  forever  shine, 
And  all  my  soul  absorb. 

2.  HONESTY. 

QQ  1  Father!  will  abstinence,  or  prayer,  or  song, 
vv  Open  for  us  celestial  portals? 

Or  as  atonement  serve  for  any  wrong 
Committed  'gainst  our  fellow-mortals  ? 

2  Oh,  no !  the  key  of  mercy's  golden  gates 

Turns  when  touched  by  penitential  tears; 
And  joy  alike  the  contrite  soul  awaits, 
And  the  meek,  that  no  deep  blemish 
bears. 

3  Thou  lovest  him  who  faithful,  true,  and  just, 

Even  when  by  poverty  beset, 
Would  perish  rather  than  betray  his  trust, 
Or  the  claims  of  probity  forget. 

4  The  honor  Thou  &s  pure  dost  recognise, 

Builds  not  on  its  predecessor's  fame  ; 
Nobility  in  its  own  spirit  lies, 

Clad  in  virtue's  ermine — a  good  name. 

5  Thy  image  we  behold  in  human  love, 

In  human  justice  trace  Thy  form  divine; 
The  soul's  high  statue,  soaring  high  above 
All  mean  artifice  and  low  design. 

6  From  all  that  their  integrity  might  blight, 

God  of  mercy !  Thy  wTeak  children  shield  ; 
Most  sacred  let  them  hold  each  other's  right, 
Nor  to  guileful  passions  ever  yield. 

P.  M, 


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.;.  JUSTICE. 

Deuteronomy,  chap.  i. 

100  ^ie  l>rul)net  to  the- people  said. 
1UU       (Whose  numbers  none  might  count,) 
Full  long  have  ye,  0  Israel  !  stayed 
In  Horeb's  marble  mount. 

2  Accomplished  are  your  holy  wars, 

Ye  tread  the  promised  land  ; 
Your  multitudes  are  as  the  stars  : 
God's  blessing  's  on  your  band. 

3  And  may  ye,  e'en  a  thousand-fold, 

More  numerous  become, 
On  Palestine's  conquered  mould, 
When  ye  have  fixed  your  home. 

4  But  how  can  I  your  cumbrance  bear, 

Your  burthen  and  your  strife  ? 
Wise  men  among  the  tribes  there  are 
To  govern  ye  through  life. 

5  Let  these  adjudge  the  Hebrew's  cause, 

The  stranger's  claim  decide, 
And  in  expounding  Heaven's  laws, 
Heed  not  the  person  tried. 

6  For  in  the  eye  of  nature's  God, 

Degree  no  favor  finds, 
Rank  falls  'neath  the  judicial  rod. 
Low  as  the  meanest  minds. 

7  Of  mortal  face  be  not  afraid, 

For  judgment  will  descend 
From  Him  who  is  in  truth  arrayed, 
The  pious  poor  man's  friend. 


B  Oh  !  l<jt  thf  modern  Israelite, 
Taught  by  the  elder  time, 
Treasure  this  golden  rule  of  right 
imple,  yet  sublime. 

0  When  ye  as  arbiters  are  called 
Between  the  small  and  great, 
Let  equity  stand  unappalled 

And  speak  its  pure  dictate.  r.  M. 

4.  RIGHTEOUSNESS. 
Psalm  xv. 

101    ^Th°>  G"0(^  °*  gl01T  •  shall  be  found 

L\J  L       Worthy  of  so  high  a  grace, 
As  e'er  Thy  praises  to  resound 

In  Thy  holy  dwelling-place, — 
And  with  heaven,  earth,  and  sea, 
Join  in  choral  hymns  to  Thee  ? 

2  He  whose  soul,  all  sin  abhoring, 

E'er  to  virtue's  height  aspires, 
And  'gainst  evil  passions  warring, 

Quenches  their  unholy  fires  ; 
Who  'mid  fortune's  worst  caprice, 
Loses  not  internal  peace. 

3  Who  shall  in  the  house  of  prayer, 
God  supreme  !  Thy  praise  declare  ? 

He  who  with  forbearing  meekness, 

Guilt  in  others  palliates, 
Yet  in  self  each  lesser  weak] 

Searches  out  and  reprobates. 
He  who  from  reproach  or  shame 
Guards  a  fellow-creature's  name. 


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4  Who  shall  in  His  holy  place 
Praise  the  Lord  of  life  and  grace  ? 

He  whose  acts  and  meditations 
Are  alike  from  falsehood  free, 

And  of  truth,  on  all  occasions, 
Will  the  fearless  champion  be. 

Who  with  life  as  soon  would  part, 

As  the  angel  of  the  heart. 

5  Who,  0  God!  is  justified 
In  Thy  temple  to  abide  ? 

He  who  sees  in  moral  duty 

The  right  tenor  of  the  heart, 
And  in  holiness  a  beauty, 

That  with  time  will  not  depart. 
Virtue  thus  his  soul  must  raise, 
Who  would  his  Creator  praise.  p.  M. 


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5.  FORBEARANCE. 

Of  all  the  virtues  that  we  find 
Promoting  bliss  among  mankind, 
Forbearance,  (upon  which  depends 
The  peace  of  kindred  and  of  friends,) 
Is  that  which,  more  than  all  the  rest, 
Conduces  to  make  mortals  blest. 

2  Can  wit,  whose  tone  is  ever  high, 
Or  beauty  that  enchants  the  eye, 
With  this  domestic  grace  compare, 
Which  doth  the  robes  of  meekness  wear  ? 
Whose  look  serene,  and  language  sweet, 
Rude  passion  ever  can  defeat? 

3  Accomplishments,  however  rare, 
Do  not  enable  us  to  bear 


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The  wrongs,  the  trials,  and  the  strife, 
To  which  we  are  exposed  through  life ; 
Or  cause  us  humbly  to  sustain 
Grief,  disappointment,  want,  or  pain. 

4  No  !  to  this  child  of  faith  alone 
Are  powers  of  endurance  known, — 
A  sufferance  of  worldly  ill, 

A  self-denying  pious  will, 

That  malice  quells,  and  can  assuage 

The  fiercest  mood  of  frantic  rage. 

5  Long,  long  didst  Thou  forbear,  0  God  ! 
To  chasten  Israel  with  Thy  rod  ; 
That  chosen  but  rebellious  host, 

Thy  loving  kindness  never  lost. 
Be  patient  still,  almighty  Sire  ! 
Although  their  sins  provoke  Thine  ire. 

6  Grant  me,  0  ever  Just  and  Wise ! 
The  virtue  I  most  highly  prize, 
Whose  placid  temper  and  soft  tone, 
I  pray  henceforth  may  be  my  own. 
Forbearance  grant,  in  deed  and  word, 

To  Thy  frail  worshiper,  0  Lord  !  P.M. 


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Oh !  ever  adverse  to  the  scheme 

Of  Providence  divine, 
Is  proud  intolerance,  whose  beam 

Lights  but  a  single  shrine. 


2  One  creed,  one  teacher,  and  one  sect, 
Its  advocates  uphold, 
Regardless  if  a  world  be  wrecked, 
Beyond  its  narrow  fold. 


t02 

3  It  reasons  not,  but  strives  to  mock 

That  charitable  zeal, 
That  e'en  for  a  dissenting  flock, 
Kind  sympathy  can  feeL 

4  How  patiently  hast  Thou,  0  Lord  I 

Discordant  faiths  allowed. 

How  equally  dispensed  reward, 

Or  chastisement  bestowed  : 

5  Yet  would  the  bigot  sons  of  pride; 

(Mere  bloated  worms  at  best,) 
The  movements  of  man's  spirit  guide. 
And  its  free  march  arrest. 

0  Father  of  mercies !  Thou  alone 
This  blindness  canst  remove, 
And  bring  us  all  before  Thy  throne, 

In  bonds  of  peace  and  love.  p.  m. 


1  (\/L  Why,  O  man  !  is  not  thy  soul's  desire 
11/ ^t       rp0  virtue's  excellence  confined? 

Why  let  sinful  passions  e'er  conspire 

To  drive  her  from  thy  heart  and  mind  r 
So  that  in  earth's  most  gifted  creatures, 
Seldom  we  mark  her  modest  features. 

2  One  vain-glorious  mortal  will  pray 

To  be  with  worldly  honor  crowned  : 
And  one  with  the  shafts  of  wit  will  play, 

Though  these  the  innocent  may  wound. 
Others  there  are  in  the  human  fold, 
Who  ask  of  Heaven  no  gift  but  gold. 

3  Shall  a  righteous  neighbor  then  d< 

The  frailest  portion  of  God's  Hock, 


L03 

Nor  from  weak  wanderers  harm  avert, 

Because  in  evil  paths  they  walk? 
Oh  !  with  friendly  care  and  frequent  call, 
Watch  and  warn  the  erring,  lest  they  fall. 

4  Yea,  though  to  the  verge  of  vice  they  stray. 

Your  zealous  effort  ne'er  suspend  ; 
Thence,  at  last  they  may  be  led  away, 

And  made  at  virtue's  shrine  to  bend. 
Pride  alone  from  sinners  stands  aloof; 
Love  e'er  brings  them  weeping  to  her  roof. 

5  Forbearing  Love!  patient,  gentle,  pure, 

On  thee  the  holy  task  devolves, 
Peace  to  guilty  brethren  to  restore, 

And  strengthen  penitent  resolves ; 
In  each  life,  however  depraved  and  dark, 
Some  bright  point  or  moral  star  to  mark. 

6  Oh  !  let  man  then  kindle  at  that  light 

Fire,  his  base  passion  to  consume  ; 
Then  his  soul  may  rise  to  virtue's  height, 

And  God's  similitude  resume. 
This  blest  end  forbearance  e'er  effects, 
And  human  rashness  by   meek  counsel 
checks.  p.  M. 


105 


Genesis,  chap.  xlv. 

What  cause  hast  thou,  0  Israel,  for  tears? 
The  gifts  of  plenty  cheer  thy  latter  years  : 
And  wheresoe'er  thine  aged  feet  may  rest, 
Men  shall  rise  to  honor  and  call  thee  blest. 

Ah,  woe  is  me  !  the  patriarch  repeats. 
Since   he  no   more  Bis  darling  Joseph 
greets. 


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In  sorrow  to  the  grave  must  I  go  down, 
Nor  peace,  nor  happiness  my  gray  hairs 
crown. 

3  And  where  was  he,  lamented  thus  as  lost  ? 
From  pit  and  prison  up  to  honor's  post ; 
Heaven  progressively  the  wand'rer  led, 
To  bless  the  hands  that  would  his  blood 

have  shed. 

4  His  dreams  of  stars  and  sheaves  are 

realized  ; 
Awhile  his  deep  emotions  are  disguised, 
When  at  his  foot-stool  all  his  brethren  fall, 
And  upon  Egypt's  lord  for  succor  call. 

5  I  am  that  man,  that  brother  whom  ye  sold ! 
Say,  does  my  father  live  ?    Would  I  might 

fold 
Within  my  arms  that  parent  well-belovedr 
Whose  partial  tenderness  your  envy 

moved ! 

6  Yet,  fear  ye  not!  regret  alone  I  feel, 

Ye  against  nature  should  your  bosom  steel ; 
The  hand  of  Mercy  we  may  here  detect, 
From  evil  cause  producing  good  effect. 

7  0  ye  !  who  with  vindictive  anger  burn, 
Forbearance  now  from  this  example  learn  ; 
Forgive  your  foes,  and  in  the  part  delight, 
Their  injuries  with  kindness  to  requite. 

P.  M. 


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6.  BROTHERLY  LOVE. 

How  beautiful  it  is  to  see, 
Brethren  unite  harmoniously  I 


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Of  kindred  sympathies  possest, 
By  the  same  joys  and  woes  imprest. 

2  But  ah  !  how  very  slight  a  cause, 
Will  counteract  kind  nature's  laws, 
And  to  that  dread  estrangement  lead, 
Against  which  God  and  angels  plead  ! 

3  An  unkind  word,  pronounced  in  haste, 
Hath  years  of  tenderness  effaced," 
Checked  confidence,  whose  genial  flow 
Is  sweeter  than  aught  else  below. 

4  In  jealousy,  a  poison  lurks, 
That  oft  affection's  ruin  works ; 
This  first  implants. suspicion's  seeds, 
And  to  fraternal  contest  leads. 

5  Ye  brothers,  who  would  cherish  strife, 
Oh,  think  of  those  who  gave  you  life  ! 
By  whom  ye  were  together  blest, 
Watched,  prayed  for,  counseled  and 

carest; 

6  What  deep  reproach  to  these,  it  bears, 
What  grief  entails  on  their  gray  hairs, 
When  discord  on  their  household  band, 
Hath  laid  a  cold  and  with'ring  hand  ! 

7  Lord  of  the  universe  !  we  pray, 
Thou  wrilt  this  evil  put  away,* 

And  grant  that  Israel  may  be  found, 

In  faith  by  concord  ever  crowned.        P.  M. 

1  /TV   "  Let  there  be  love  !"  it  is  the  light 
-LV  I    That  makes  the  sphere  of  heaven  bright, 
First,  from  creative  Mercy's  thought, 
By  the  rejoicing  angels  caught. 


[06 

2  "Let  there  be  love ! "  it  is  the  beam 
That  earth  from  darkness  shall  redeem, 
And  in  its  mighty  heart  mature 

The  only  bud  that  shall  endure. 

3  "Let  there  be  love  !"  its  vital  ray, 
Alone  exempt  from  brief  decay, 
Shall  in  the  human  soul  entomb 
The  germ  of  its  immortal  bloom. 

4  "Let  there  be  love  !  "  its  gentle  tone 
Is  music  heard  from  Mercy's  throne, 
Echoed  by  charity  below 

To  hush  the  cry  of  guilt  or  woe. 

5  "Let  there  be  love  ! "  blest  is  the  creed 
That  doth  to  this  pure  issue  lead, 
And  thus  promotes  the  hallowed  plan 
Of  brotherhood  'twixt  man  and  man. 

G  "Let  there  be  love!"  earth,  air,  and  sea. 
Obedience  yield  to  this  decree; 
Woe  then  to  reason  froward  child  ! 
Whose  spirit  is  by  hate  defiled. 

7  0  God!  let  universal  love, 

Unholy  strife  from  earth  remove, 

And  link,  in  one  harmonious  whole, 

All  human  kind  from  pole  to  pole.       P.  M 


1  OR    Trul.Y  a]1(^  tenderlyf  should  I 
J. I/O        x\s  myself  my  neighbor  love; 

His  vo-;il  promote,  his  wants  supply, 

And  with  him  in  concord  move. 
Thus  by  (iod's  benign  command, 
Clasping  dose  the  soeia]  band. 


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2  For  this  did  Providence  decree, 

From  the  cradle  to  the  tombr 
None  from  sorrow  should  be  tree, 

But  partake  one  common  doom  ; 
That  the  tried  and  Buffering  heart 
Might  kind  sympathy  impart. 

3  The  poor,  the  rich,  the  meek,  the  proud, 

Side  by  side  our  Father  placed, 
Each  with  reason's  power  endowed, 

Each  with  His  own  image  graced. 
Who  shall  then  with  selfish  aim, 
Mock  at  man's  fraternal  claim? 

4  Will  destiny,  that  through  the  globe 

Flings  for  e'er  its  iron  barb, 
More  venerate  the  monarch's  robe 

Than  the  beggar's  tattered  garb  ? 
With  hand  impartial,  it  will  strike 
Pride  and  poverty  alike ! 

5  Oh !  wherefore  then  as  strangers  treat 

Pilgrims  seeking  the  one  road, 
That  leads  them  to  the  mercy-seat 

Of  a  universal  God  ? 
Who  alone  beyond  life's  goal, 
Shall  distinguish  soul  from  soul. 

6  Men,  who  live  on  earth  as  brothers, 

There  shall  find  a  Father's  love  ; 
And  the  tears  here  wept  for  others, 

There  shall  pearls  of  ransom  prove, 
Mortal  trail  ties  to  redeem 
From  the  wrath  of  the  Supreme.  p.  M. 


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7.  FILIAL  LOVE. 
Exodus,  chap,  xx.,  v.  13. 

1  AQ   When  I  remember,  0  my  God  ! 
LyJV        The  bounties  from  my  birth  received, 
Knowledge  that  from  my  parents  flowed, 
Of  all  Thy  mercies  had  achieved : 

2  Those  guardians,  how  shall  I  requite, 

Who  cherished  me  thro'  childhood's 
stage  ? 
Unless  I  in  Thy  law  delight, 

And  shield  and  honor  them  in  age  ; 

3  Soften  with  unremitting  care, 

Frailties  they  may  through  life  betray, 
With  love  and  reverential  fear, 
Their  least  command  or  wish  obey. 

4  Ye  outcasts  from  the  social  pale  ! 

Apostates  from  the  filial  creed ! 
Let  Sinai's  warning  voice  prevail, 
When  nature  fails  her  cause  to  plead. 

5  Bless  ye  the  authors  of  your  birth, 

Next  to  your  heavenly  Father's  praise, 
The  highest  duty  upon  earth, 

That  faith  enjoins  or  man  obeys.       P.  M. 

11  A  Intensely  radiant  was  thy  peak, 
*  "       Majestic  Horeb  !  on  the  day 
That  moral  light  was  seen  to  break 
On  Israel's  benighted  way. 
Hallowed  sod  ! 
Where  a  God 
Through  His  delegate  conveyed 
Laws  in  mercy's  spirit  made. 


109 

List,  0  ye  children  of  the  earth  ! 

List  to  the  mandate  of  the  Lord  ! 
Honor  the  sources  of  your  birth, 

And  with  your  love  their  care  reward. 
These  defend 
To  life's  end, 
Nor  your  filial  task  relax 
Till  the  grave  its  prey  exacts. 

Let  grateful  memory  look  back 

To  infancy's  dependent  hours**  - 
Who  drew  you  through  its  thorny  track, 
And  taught  you  where  to  find  its 

Parent  hearts  [flowers  ? 

By  soft  arts, 
Safe  your  steps  through  peril  led, 
And  life's  roses  'neath  them  spread. 

Nature's  voice,  to  you  appealing, 

Claims  return  for  past  protection, 
Guarding,  both  by  faith  and  feeling, 
This  her  holiest  affection. 
Ne'er  forget 
Her  just  debt ; 
But,  while  with  existence  blest, 
Fond  devotion  manifest. 

0  Lord  !  Thy  choicest  blessing  yield 

To  our  loved  parents  while  they  live  ; 
And  when  in  death  their  eyes  are  sealed, 
Their  souls  receive,  their  sins  forgive. 
From  the  grave, 
Father  !  save 
Those  who  trained  us,  from  early  youth, 
To  know  and  love  the  laws  of  truth. 

p.  M. 


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8.  MATRIMONIAL  LOVE, 

Blest  is  the  bond  of  wedded  love, 
_L -L-L        When  they,  who  at  its  altar  bow, 
Remember  that  the  God  above 
Is  witness  to  their  holy  vow, — 

2  When  they  sweet  counsel  interchange, 

And  as  each  season  onward  rolls, 

Prove  that  no  chance  can  e'er  estrange 

The  feeling  that  unites  their  souls. 

3  To  woman,  in  the  stormy  hour, 

Doth  not  her  stronger  partner  turn  ? 
And  from  her  spirit  gather  power, 
Peril  and  pain  alike  to  spurn  ? 

4  And  she,  the  gentle,  tender  one, 

Whose  atmosphere  is  purity, — 
Doth  she  not  in  his  love  alone 
Confide  for  her  security  ? 

5  That  noble  trust,  0  man  !  fulfill, 

Which  before  Heaven^hath  been  sworn; 
Cherish  thy  wife  through  good  and  ill, 
Her  virtues  love,  her  frailties  mourn. 

6  Blest  are  the  vowts  of  wedded  life, 

When  they  from  righteous  lips  proceed, 

When  free  from  wrath,  perveVseness,  strife, 

Time  hallows  that  which  God  decreed, 

p.  M. 


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9.  CHARITY. 

0  thou,  whose  shrine  the  sweetest  incense 

bears 
Which  human  gratitude  for  God  prepares, 


Ill 

Exalted  charity!  in  whom  we  tri 
fliercy's  twin-attribute  and  Bister  grace, 
Thy  name  we  glorify,  thy  praise  prolong, 

Whose    power    changeth    mourning    into 
song. 

'Tis. thine,  benevolence!  with  soft  control, 

To  draw  the  arrow  from  the  stricken  soul/ 
To  fly  unbidden  to  thy  brother's  aid, 
And    balm    the    wound   by   cruel    fortune 

made; 
O'er  widowed  worth  thy  sheltering  wings; 

to  spread. 
And  cheer  the  drooping   children  of  the 

dead. 

Oft  by  the  cypress  of  the  parent's  tomb 
The  orphan's  bud  of  hope, is  seen  to  bloom  ; 
Thy  smile  the  beam,  thy  tear  the  gentle 

dew, 
That   brighter    make  the  infant-blossom's 

hue. 
Oh  !  not  less  kind  shall  mercy  prove  above 
To  those  who  follow  here  her  law  of  love. 

p.  M. 


Prov.,  chap,  xiv.,  11. 

11Q  I  saw  a  palace  proud  and  high, 

^  AfJ       A  work  that  vanity  had  planned, 

Its  towers  pointed  to  the  sky, 

Not  so  its  master's  heart  or  hand. 

2  There  stood  an  humble  mansion  near, 
And  wisdom  was  its  architect, 


114 


112 

Pillars  of  holiness  were  there, 
While  charity  its  portals  decked. 

And  worldly  men,  as  these  they  past, 
Would  linger  long  before  the  first, 

But  looked  with  scorn  upon  the  last, 
As  though  it  were  a  thing  accursed. 

Behold  !  a  bolt  from  heaven  falls 
And  blasts  the  rich  man's  residence; 

While  from  its  neighbor's  lowly  walls 
Rise  songs  of  praise  to  Providence, 

That  house  is  built  on  barren  sand 

In  which  faith's  treasures  are  not  stored; 

Nor  long  shall  any  fabric  stand 

Whose  founder  feareth  not  the  Lord. 

p.  M. 

Job,  chap.  xxix. 
Return,  0  Lord  !  and  let  me  be 

As  I  have  been  in  seasons  past, 
When,  graciously  preserved  by  Thee, 

No  shadow  on  my  soul  was  cast. 

When  firm  and  fearless  in  my  youth, 
Through  darkness  oft  I  walked  abroad, 

Wanting  no  star  but  perfect  truth, 
No  sun  to  light  me,  but  my  God, 

Where  are  the  troops  of  flatterers  now, 
Who  once  my  tabernacle  sought  ? 

No  word  of  comfort  they  bestow 
Upon  a  heart  with  anguish  fraught. 

The  poor  in  me  a  father  hailed, 
And  freely  of  my  stores  partook  ; 

But  since  my  earthly  treasures  failed, 
E'en  these  my  presence  cannot  brook. 


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Proud  men  and  princes  held  their  peace, 
When  I  for  justice  raised  my  voice, 

And  caused  the  orphan's  tear  to  cea 
The  widow's  spirit  to  rejoice. 

Y'  .1.  righteousness  hath  been  my  robe, 
And  equity  my  diadem  ; 

aers  seek  my  wounds  to  probe, 
And  my  integrity  condemn. 

Oli!  blest  be  he  who,  when  bereaved 
Of  worldly  substance,  children,  friends, 

Finds  balm  in  former  good  achieved. 
And  with  his  prayer  no  murmur  blends. 

P.  M. 

Bounteous  Father!  by  what  course 
May  we  hope  Thy  gr  in? 

Oh  !  must  we  not,  in  active  force, 
All  Thy  laws  of  love  maintain? 

2  Linked  alike  in  mind  and  heart, 

Should  not  all  Thy  creatures  i: , 
Bidding  revenge  and  hate  depart, 
And  delighting  to  forgive? 

3  Ne'er,  Oman!  this  charge  fur- 

But  with  unaffected  zeal, 
E'en  an  erring  brother's  woe, 

e  with  gentle  hand  to  heal. 

•1  Doth  he  wear  the  prisoner's  bond? 
S    -k  him  in  his  dark  abo< 
Show  what  beams  from  spheres  beyond, 
Light  the  weeping  pilgrim's  road. 

5  Art  thou  with  ease  and  comfort  bl< 
While  he  languishes  in  need? 


Ill 

Cast  in  the  field  of  barrenly 
Tart  oi'  fortune's  golden  seed. 

6  Welcome  poor  earth-mates  to  thy  roof, 

Share  with  these  thy  daily  bread; 
Our  Father  neVer  stands  aloof 
While  His  children  thus  are  led. 

7  When  thy  hearth-stone  brightly  gloweth, 

There  to  love  an  altar  rear, 
That  which  Providence  bestoweth, 
For  its  sacrifice  prepare. 

8  Wouldst  thou  please  thy  heavenly  Sire  ? 

Let  thy  mite  precede  thy  meal; 
Grace  like  this  ascendeth  higher 
Than  the  lips'  prescribed  appeal. 

9  Be  to  the  lame  a  strong  support, 

For  the  blind  thine  eyes  exert  : 
And  the  angels  then  shall  make  report 
Of  thy  glorious  desert. 

10  Faith  ever  in  its  sacred  scope 
Sweet  charity  embraces, 
And  on  it  man's  eternal  hope 

By  God's  commandment  bases.  p.  m. 

Psalm  xli. 

1 1  f\  ^k'  blest  be  he  who  ne'er  forgets  tin-  poor, 
*■  *"  But  with  the  needy  freely  shares  his  store  ; 
Upon  the  bed  of  languishing  and  pain, 
i  I  <•  shall  not  call  upon  the  Lord  in  vain  ; 
For  him,  who  doth  a  brother  %  anguish  feel, 
A  Father's  hand  shall  strengthen  then,  and 
heal. 


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■J    That    man's    name  on    earth   shall    never 

perish, 
Who  doth  the  widow    cheer,  the   orphan 

cherish, 
Who  with  integrity  has  treasures  earned, 
That  to  the  use  of  charity  are  turned  : 
Time  shall  repeat  his  deeds  through  future 

years, 
And  angels  sing  them  in  celestial  spheres. 

3  But,  oh!  let  none  of  those  who  practice 
fraud, 
Believe  they  can  propitiate  their  God, 
By   } >laeing   in    the   beggar's  outstretched 

hand, 
Gold  gathered  up  by  breach  of  his  command. 
E'en  mercy  will  refuse  his  gift  to  bless, 
Who  'gainst  the  laws  of  justice  cloth  trans- 

•I  Let    ;ill  who   would  their  Maker's    love 

requite, 
Beneficence  with  probity  unite. 
He  who  created  pure  the  human  heart, 
Meant   not  that    these   should   ever   dwell 

apart ; 
His  bounty  Providence  will  ne'er  approve, 
Who  dares  his  neighbor's  landmark  to 

remove.  p.  m. 


1  \H  Stretched  languidly  upon  his  couch, 
*  *-  •         The  child  of  pomp  seeks  rest, 

While  those  who  round  his  chamber  crouch, 
Believe  him  truly  blest. 


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2  From  these  the  curtained  sluggard  hid, 

Seems  wrapped  in  mimic  death; 
They  cannot  see  his  unclosed  lid, 
Nor  mark  his  panting  breath. 

3  Of  precious  balsams  sleep  alone 

Bailies  his  costly  bribe; 
Balm  to  the  temperate  e'er  known, 
And  to  the  toiling  tribe. 

4  An<l  cannot  affluence  indeed 

This  priceless  gift  possess? 
Yes!  of  the  orphan's  tear  take  heed 
The  widow's  wTrong  redress. 

5  Call  famished  brethren  to  thy  board, 

And  in  their  blessings  taste 
A  luxury  wealth  ne'er  procured 
In  all  its  boundless  waste. 

6  The  work  of  charity  begin 

That  selfish  ease  foregoes; 
The  poor  man's  prayer  for  thee  shall  win 
Serene  and  sweet  repose. 

7  Body  and  soul  beneath  thy  sway 

Shall  healthful  vigor  gain, 
And  slumber,  chased  by  sloth  away, 
Come  to  thy  couch  again.  p,  m. 

iiQ  Pray  in  the  night!  when  silence  and  the 
l  10         '      8tar8     ' 

Alone  bear  witness  to  thy  holy  zeal; 
And  when  the  morn  removes  light's  golden 

bars, 
Praise  Nature's  God  who  heareth  man's 

appeal. 


J  17 


2  For  praise,  like  manna,  ever  is  most  sweet, 

ye\  the  spirit,  like  the  noontide  sun, 
Wax  in  its  worldly  course  to  thai  fie 

heat 

By  winch  corruption's  fatal  work  is  done, 

3  And  if  the  measure  of  thy  blessing  prove 

More  ample  than  thy  neighbor's  lot 

contains, 
Forgot  not  Heaven's  ordinance  of  love, 
But  yield  in  him  a  portion  of  thy  gains. 

4  So  shall  the  sons  of  Israel  regain 

The  love  of  God  long  forfeited  by  guile; 
Like  a  relenting  father  will  He  deign 
Once  more  on  contrite  worshipers  to 

smile.  P.  If. 


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Prov.  xiii.,  v.  ,. 

How  oft  has  man,  with  "heart  of  stone," 
The  gifts  of  Providenee  reeeived, 

Nor  felt  they  were  hut  Mercy's  loan, 
That  good  through  him  might  1  >e  achieved. 

2  Wrapt  in  himself  he  will  not  see 

That,  as  the  Lord's  appointed  steward. 
He  must  dispense,  with  spirit  free, 
Treasures  ne'er  meant  to  be  immured. 

3  Whence  does  all  mortal  strength  proceed, 

If  not  from  wealth?  the  boaster  cries; 
No  privilege  can  nature  need. 
Or  thought  -hat  gold  denies. 

4  Oh!   false  and  fatal  estimate 

I  I    specious,  unsubstantial  dross 


lis 

Which  cannot  ward  one  stroke  of  faith, 
Or  lighter  make  affection's  loss. 

5  Its  glitter  mocks  the  coffin-plate 

Where  life's  epitome  is  traced  ; 
Can  it  redeem  one  evil  trait 

By  which  the  soul  has  been  debased? 

6  Impassive  lies  the  frozen  heart, 

Till  care  or  woe  its  current  thaws  ; 
Nor  till  its  brighter  hopes  depart, 
Will  bow  to  love's  benignant  laws. 

7  Children  of  opulence  !  reflect, 

That  ye  from  God  your  ])ensio7is  gained, 
And,  as  His  almoners  elect, 

Share  with  the  poor  the  gifts  obtained. 

p.  M. 


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V.  MISCELLANEOUS  HYMNS. 

1.     FAITH,  HOPE,  AND  LOVE. 

Who  is  that  angel  of  the  universe, 

That  first  and  purest  spiritual  grace, 

Through  whom  alone  man  may  with  God 

converse, 

And  with  a  tear  his  tr<  spasses  efface? 

That  gentle  spirit  who,  when  stricken  saith, 

God's  holy  will  be  done?    'Tie  faith,  meek 

faith  ! 

Who  is  that  second  messenger  divine. 
That  'mid  life's  stormy  elements  siis- 
pendeth 


119 

A  bow,  a  promise — an  eternal  Bign, 
That  Heaven's  mercy  e'er  its  wrath 
transcendeth  ? 
Not  long  can  sorrow  its  deep  fountains  ope 
Before  thai  seraph*    It  is  hope,  Bweet  hope! 

3  Lo  !  a  third  angel  to  the  earth  repairs, 

Kindred  to  both  of  these  celestial  powers ; 
Religion's  self  its  oracle  declares, 
And  finds  its  essence  in  all  mortal 
flowers. 
The  mourner's  heart  to  rapture  it  can 

move, — 
Its  voice  is  melody.     Its  name  is  love  ! 

4  Welcome,  ye  angels  of  the  universe! 

Welcome,  faith,  hope,  and  love,  to  Israel's 

tents  : 

Ye  who  the  shadows  of  the  soul  disperse, 

And  peace  and  gladness  to  the  world 

dispen-.'. 

With  song  we  praise  each  spiritual  grace 

That  links  immortals  to  the  human  race. 

P.  M. 


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2.  PRAYER. 

Pray  when  the  morn  unveileth 

Her  glories  to  thine  eyes  : 
when  the  sun-light  faileth, 

And  stars  usurp  the  skies, 
Far  from  my  bosom  flinging 

Each  worldly  thought  impure. 
The  praise  of  God  be  singing, 

Mortal!  for  evermore. 


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2  Pray  for  the  friend  whose  kindness 

Ne'er  failed  in  word  or  deed  ; 
Pray  for  the  foe  whose  blindness 

Hath  caused  thy  heart  to  bleed. 
A  blessing  for  thy  neighbor 

Ask  thou  of  God  above ; 
And  on  thy  hallowed  labor 

Shall  fall  His  smile  of  love. 

3  Beside  the  stranger's  altar, 

Or  at  thy  proper  shrine, 
Let  not  thy  accents  taller 

In  utt'rin'g  truths  divine. 
But  e'en  when  life  is  waning, 

Thy  faith  with  zeal  declare — 
One  God  alone  is  reigning 

Whose  worship  none  may  share. 


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r.  m. 


When  night  from  nature's  kingdom  flies, 
Let  prayer  and  light  together  rise; 
For  prayer  shall,  like  the  morning  beam, 
From  darkness  e'en  thy  soul  redeem. 


2  No  worldly  service  should  precede 
The  praise  of  Him  whose  will  decreed 
That  sleep  should  like  the  dew  descend, 
And  freshness  to  life's  flower  lend. 

3  Present  thy  spirit  before  (red. 
Unsullied  by  the  mortal  load 

Of  follies,  passions,  crimes,  and  car 
Earth  for  her  weary  sons  prepares. 


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4  Thy  heart  before  His  eye  unmask, 
And  crave  a  blessing  on  thy  task, 
Strongly  shall  thou  be  fortified 

To  wrestle  then  with  scorn  and  pride. 

5  Thou,  when  the  sleep  of  death  is  near, 
And  thou  hast  said  thy  farewell  prayer, 
In  prospect,  pilgrim,  shall  thou  sec 

The  sunrise  of  eternity.  p.  M. 


1  OQ   Though  faith's  discordant  worshipers  may 
I/O  rear 

A  thousand  shrines,  and  cherish  creeds 
diverse. 
Yet  harmonize  they  in  regarding  prayer 
As  virtue's  guardian  and  religion's  nurse. 

2  Prayer  is  the  only  universal  tongue 

Familiar  both  to  the  refined  and  rude  ; 
Incense  on  household  altars  daily  flung 
From  the  o'er  flowing  mm  of  gratitude. 

3  Prayer  is  the  valve  made  for  the  heart's 

relief 
From  all  that  pride  hath  in  its  depths 
eoncealed ; 
Tis  the  securest  vent  for  smothered  grief 
For   hopes    long    damped    and    sorrows 
never  healed. 

4  Prayer  is  of  Heaven's  bond  the  holy  seal, 

That  man  with  God  may  hold  high 
intercourse, 
Who  hears  and  answers  ev'ry  pure  appeal. 
Whether  of  righteousness  or  true  remorse. 


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Sweet  is  the  voice  of  childhood  when  it 
pleads 
For  earthly  parents  to  its  Sire  above, 
When  with  unsullied  Lips  it  intercedes 
To  win  for  them  His  blessing,  grace, 
and  love. 

And  oh  !  how  solemn  are  the  prayers  of  age, 
When  all  the  vanities  of  earth  are  fled; 

How  tremblingly  it  turns  the  holy  page, 
And  prays  to  God  who  raiseth  up  the 
dead. 

First  balm  of  youth,  last  unction  of  the  old, 

Thy  efficacy  mortals  shall  attest, 
Till  life's  last  breath  in  prayer  becometh 

cold, 
And  the  long  burthened  spirit  sinks  to 

rest.  P.  M. 


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9 


In  perilous  probation  here 

Were  ye,  0  mortals!  sent 
For  future  being  to  prepare 

Of  infinite  extent. 

The  soul  against  the  flesh  contends 

For  its  immortal  right; 
Victorious,  when  faith  descends 

To  aid  its  upward  flight. 

3  But,  if  temptation's  voice  ye  hear, 
Persuasive,  strong  and  sweet, 
And  strive  not  then  by  fervent  prayer 
Her  power  to  defi 


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1  Then  will  the  earth-bound  spiril  fall, 

Degraded  and  supine, 
And  at  the  carnal  tempter's  call 
Its  heritage  resign. 

5  Likeness  to  God  man's  features  boast, 

Reflected  in  the  soul; 

But  this  similitude  is  lost 
'NVath  sensual  control. 

6  Back  to  heaven  whence  it  came, 

Let  it  return  again, 
Unsullied  by  the  brand  of  shame, 

Or  sin's  deep-seated  stain.  p.  m. 


3.  DIVINE  WORSHIP. 

1  QK   Oh,  worship  God !  approach  His  shrine, 
±£tJ        AU  ye  chilclren  0f  the  dust; 
Exalt  that  Providence  divine 

In  whose  guardianship  ye  trust. 
Are  ye  the  affluent?  Alas! 

Wealth  preserves  ye  not  from  woe  ; 
Care  e'en  through  palace  gates  will  pass, 
Bribes  suspend  not  death's  strong  blow\ 

2  Oh,  worship  God  !   His  temple  seek, 
Helpless  offspring  of  despair ! 
Advance,  ye  languishing  and  weak! 

To  the  nursery  of  prayer. 

Has  fortune  crushed  beneath  her  wheel. 

Those  she  once  with  riches  crowned? 

Has  friendship,  that  her  wounds  should 

heal, 

Lett  your  bleeding  hearts  unbound? 


q 


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J  24 

Oh,  worship  God  !  His  name  extol, 

Who  man's  lot  hath  equalized, 
Causing  proud  opulence  to  fall, 
needy  worth  despised. 
.  -t  not  then,  ye  righteous  poor, 
ugh  ye  taste  no1  of  the 
With  which  your  brother's  cup  runs  o'er, 
Just  ice  still  each  portion  m< 

Worship  the  Lord,  ye  widowed  hearts) 

Whose  promise  faith  hath  spoken, 
Who  balm  to  the  bereaved  imparts, 

And  soothes  the  spirit  broken. 
Ye  fatherless  !  your  grief  i 

And  to  God  address  yourpraye 
The  shield  of  youth,  the  staff  of  age, 

Gently  dries  the  orphan's  tears. 

Worship  your  Maker,  sons  of  earth  ! 

In  plenty  or  privation  ; 
Though  high  or  humble  be  your  birth, 

Lofty  or  low  your  station. 
In  kindness  oft  life's  bitter  draughl 

To  human  lips  is  tendered  ; 
Lei  homage,  e'en  while  it  Le  quaffed, 

T< i  God  be  meekly  rendered.  P.  m. 


Lift,  lift  the  voice  of  praise  on  high, 
Lord  of  life  to  glorify! 

i lit  bow  in  humble  prayer, 
ember,  mortal,  God  is  here. 


2  Within  the  sanctuary's  walls, 
To  dust  all  proud  pretension  falls; 


The  curtain  of  the  soul  is  dra  . 
And  worldly  van: 

turn  towards  the  thr 

I  thy  fancied  grandeur 
.ker's  m 

st  thou  of  temp'ral  treasure  - 
:i  slumbers  not  upon  fa 

But  asks  thee,  with  ii: 
How  thou  rej 

thee  unaided 
Nor  gleanings  fi 

Then  a  ith  all  thy  gold, 

Fo:  oni  her  fold. 

or  thoughts,  eternal 

Th  -  gage  from  sordid  sehei.. 

ill  ambit:  uns. 

7  Let  holiness  alone  perva 
The  soul  by  Thee  immortal  m 
And  grant  that,  till  its  final  flig 

.  uief  delight. 


1  •)  v  -  holy  sh: 

*- ■*  •  I  join  in  sacred  pr 

-  _  . 

:ieere  in  grateful 
Shall 


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2  Oh  !  let  not  pride  nor  envy  dwell 

Where  righteousness  alone  should  reign, 
That  sweet  religion's  holy  spell 

May  lead  us  back  to  grace  again  ; 
And  all  be  most  supremely  blest 
Who  bow  before  His  high  behest. 

8  Pure  is  the  soul  which  God  hath  made, 
Let  sin's  deep  stain  defile  it  not, 
That,  when  our  mortal  debt  is  paid, 
And  earthly  cares  in  death  forgot, 
To  realms  of  endless  bliss  it  flies, 
Eternal  rest  beyond  the  skies.  c.  M.  c. 

4.  DEVOTION. 

1  OO  Refuge  I  seek  at  the  shrine  of  devotion, 
L/jO       When  life's  evil  destinies  compass  me 
round, 
There  can  my  heart  ever   calm  its  com- 
motion, 
By  prayers  poured  forth  from  its  inner- 
most ground. 

2  Those  who  in  smiles  and  in  sunshine  are 

basking, 
Listen  but  coldly  to  sorrow's  rehearsal  ; 
Witness  Thou  only  my  spirit's  unmasking, 
Father  of  mercy  and  Friend  universal. 

3  Thou,   by   whose  hand   every   wound   is 

anointed, 
Wilt  (as  thy  servant  each  weakness 

confesses) 
(Jive  to  the  heart,  of  its  hope  disappointed, 
Counsel  that  chastens  no1  less  than  it 

1)1  esses. 


1: 


i  Grant   me,  great   Fountain  oi  faith  and  of 
feeling ! 
Patient  endurance  and  meek  self-denial, 

Give  to  the  soul  at  Thy  altar  appealing, 
Courage  in  peril  and  firmness  in  trial. 

P.  M. 


1  OQ    Begin  the  holy  hymn  of  praise, 
-L^<?        And  let  the  choral  band 

Repeat,  as  they  their  voices  raise  : 
Know  before  whom  ye  stand  ! 

2  All  ye  in  convocation  brought 

By  God's  divine  command. 
Remember  what  His  hand  hath  wrought: 
Know  before  whom  ye  stand  ! 

3  'Tis  He  whose  ark  the  deluge  braved, 

Whose  rainbow  heaven  spanned, 
Whose  outstretched  arm  the  righteous 
saved  : 
Know  before  whom  ye  stand  ! 

4  The  self-revealed,  the  great  I  AM, 

AY  ho  lead  from  Egypt's  land 
The  heirs  of  faithful  Abraham  : 
Know  before  whom  ye  stand  ! 

5  Who  sent  to  Bethel  (house  of  God) 

A  glorious  angel  band 
To  bless  tlif  di vainer  on  the  sod  : 
Know  before  whom  ye  stand  ! 

6  Though  now  the  glory  may  be  lost, 

That  God  for  Judah  planned, 


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128 

Forsake  nol  faith's  exalted  post: 
Know  before  whom  ye  stand  ! 

Oh!  let  devotion,  pure  and  strong, 

Your  grateful  hearts  expand, 
Repeating  still  in  sacred  song  : 

Know  before  whom  ye  stand  !  p.  BC. 


PRAISE  AND  THANKSGIVING. 

Psalm  cl. 

Praise  ye  the  Lord!  for  it  is  good 
His  mighty  acts  to  magnify, 

And  make  those  mercies  understood, 
His  hand  delights  to  multiply. 

Praise  ye  the  Lord  ! 


2  Break  forth,  0  Israel  !   into  song, 

Let  hymns  ascend  to  heaven's  vault  ; 
No  sweeter  task  hath  mortal  ton 
Than  its  Creator  to  exalt. 
Praise  ye  the  Lord  ! 

3  The  firmament's  bright  starry  wall 

Shall  tremblingly  vibrate  the  sound, 
When  with  a  trumpet  ye  extol 
A  God  win.;  doth  in  grace  abound. 
Praise  ye  the  Lord  ! 

J  Smite  ye  the  harp,  the  timbrel  roll, 
And  let  the  organ  swell  sublime 
J  a  praise  of  Him  who  formed  the  soul 
For  bliss  beyond  the  bounds  of  time. 
Praise  ye  the  Lord  ! 


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5  1 1  holy,  holy,  holy  K  ing  ! 

Prostrate  we  bow  before  Thy  throne 
And  of  salvation's  power  sing, 

1'   ssessed  by  Thee,  and  Theealone. 
Praise  ye  the  Lord  ! 

6  Lei  hallelujah  loudly  rise  ! 

hallelujah  softly  fall ! 
Until  on  angel  lips  it  dies, 
As  they  unto  each  other  call, 

Praise  ye  the  Lord  !  P.  M, 


101     Lei  the  Lord  be  ever  praised, 
-l-^-L        Evei-  loved  and  glorified  ; 

Though  His  mighty  hand  be  raised, 
Sons  of  earth  to  bless  or  chide. 

2  Wisdom,  justice,  truth,  and  grace, 

Arc  His  attributes  sublime; 
These  are  seen  throughout  all  space, 
These  are  felt  throughout  all  time. 

3  Contemplate,  0  mortal  man  ! 

Heaven  and  its  .-tarry  host, 
Worlds  of  light,  whose  perfect  plan 
Leaves  the  soul  in  wonder  lost. 

4  Turn  and  view  the  elements. 

In  their  calmness  or  their  strife,' 
Ocean,  thai  appals  ti. 

Air,  that  ministers  to  life. 

5  Earth,  that,  while  thou  livest,  yields 

All  her  fruitful  breast  contains,- 
When  fchou  diest,  kindly  shields 
All  of  thee  thai  then  remains. 


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(3  Last,  the  flame  behold, 

As  it  towers  to  the  clou- is/ 
Bursting  through  its  smoky  fold, 
Like  thy  spirit  from  its  shrouds. 

7  Seest  thou  not  in  all  of  these 

Emanations,  pure  and  bright, 
From  that  Power  whose  decrees 
Can  alone  bring  bloom  or  blight  ? 

8  Seek  not  then,  whate'er  thy  si  ate, 

Whether  lofty  or  obscure, 

Mysteries  to  penetrate. 

But  be  silent  and  adore.  v.  M. 


4  OO  0  uncreated  Holy  One  ! 

±0/£>  Lowly  we  bow  before  Thy  throne, 
Seeking  salvation  from  above, 
We  praise  Thy  name  with  songs  of  love. 
Hallelujah!  hallelujah!  Amen! 

1^  Forgive  us,  Father  !   hear  our  ury7 
Oh  !  let  us  not  in  darkness  die  ; 
Remove  from  us  our  moral  night, 
And  bless  us  with  a  ray  of  light. 
Hallelujah!  hallelujah!   Amen! 

3  0  King  of  kings!  0  Fount  of  life! 
Turn  us  from  all  that  leads  to  strife  ; 
Beneath  the  shadow  of  Thy  wing. 
Let  us  our  hymns  in  glory  sing. 

Hallelujah  !  hallelujah  !  Amen  ! 

C.   D.    L.    it. 


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"JOO    Eternal,  almighty,  invisible  G 

iOO    \yr  gratefully  enter  Thy  Bacred  abode, 

With  rev'rence  and  love  to  exult  Thy  great 
name, 

And  loudly  thy  manifold  mercies  proclaim. 

2  As  kindred  surrounding  a  family  shrine, 

We  here  stand  assembled  for  worship 

divine  ; 
Thy  presence,  0  Lord  !   let  us  all  realize, 
While  songs  to  Thy  throne  shall  in  har- 
mony rise. 

Though  angels  their  voices  with  mortals 

unite, 
And  sing  of  Thy  glory  from  morning  to 

night: 
All  praises  must  short  of  Tliv  excellence 

fall, 
Creator,  Protector,  and  Father  of  all  ! 

4  Oh  !  still  be  the  Shepherd  of  Israel's  flock,* 
Progressive  in  faith  let  us  steadily  walk. 
Made  pine  by  Thy  law,  to  whose  prom 

and  thn 

The  seals,  both  of  justice  and  mercy  w 
set, 

5  Blest  wit:  .11  we  continue  to  be, 
That  we  have  no  god  nor  redeemer  but 

Thee, 
Thy  truth  and  Thy  unity  zealous  to 
In  life  oi-  when  broughl  to  eternity \ 

p.  if. 


L32 

mWe  bless  Thee,  0  Loid!  as  the  bountiful 
Source 
Of  gifts  which  the  seasons  renew   in   their 

coins. '  : 
For  the  showers  of  Spring,  whose  verdure 

and  bloom 
Are  redeemed  by  Thy  hand  from  a  wintry 
tomb. 

2  In  Summer  departed,  the  Lord,  our  Shield, 
To  man  all  the  glory  of  nature  revealed, 
The    light    of  whose    spirit    past    over    l he 

earth, 
Undimmed  by  the  shadows  of  sickness  or 
dearth. 

3  Thy  mercy,  0  God!   let  the  living  extol. 
When  the  leaves  of  the   Autumn  around 

them  fall, 
Who  still  with  the  fruits  of  abundance  are 

crowned, 
While  death  for  his  sickle  no  harvest   hath 

found. 

4  Thou  wilt  not  forsake  in  the   Winter  oi 
The  righteous ,  who  praised  Thee  in  life's 

early  stage. 

The  sacrifice,  then,  of  thanksgiving  ne'er 
cease, 

All  ye  who  are  blessed  with  health,  free- 
dom, and   peace. 

-")  A  few  may  yel  weep  in  the  fullnessoi  love, 
For  those  whom  Thy  wisdom  thoughl   tit 
to  remove  : 


1  ■>■) 

Grieve  not  when  a  child  in  its  purity  dies, 
From  dus^as  a  cherub  it  Boon  shall  arise. 

6   Nor  long  mourn  for  those  who,  maturer  in 

years. 
Before  us  have  passed  from  the  valley  of 

tears ; 
Though  dead  to  this  world,  in  a  brighter 

abode 
They  dwell  with  their  Father,  their  Friend, 

and  their  God.  P.  m. 


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Extol  the  King  who,  throned  above, 
And  crowned  with  righteousness  and  love. 
Hath  reigned  from  the  eternal  past. 
And  shall  be  Sovereign  to  the  last. 

His  praise  the  morning  sun  began, 
Ere  he  the  course  of  nature  ran, 
When  conscious  of  a  glow  divine, 
In  majesty  he  rose  bo  shine. 

His  praise  the  stars  of  evening  sung. 
When  they  into  their  orbits  sprung. 
And  filled  the  firmament  of  night. 
With  glory  from  a  greater  light. 

And  earth  to  its  remotest  bound, 

Still  circulates  the  joyous  sound, 

Hock.  wave,  and  wind,  and  tree,  and  llow'r, 

( Jonfess  an  omnipresent  Pow'r. 

Art  thou  alone,  0  mortal  man  ! 

A  siloit  witness  of  that  plan, 

By  wisdom  and  by  mercy  wrought, 

Thai  faith  might  to  thv  soul  be  taught? 


A.rise!  and  with  thy  hearl  and  voice, 
In  presence  of  thy  I  rod  rejoice! 
i;<  >r  i  bought  and  speech  to  thee  belong, 
For  medital  ive  praise  and  song. 


p.  m. 


L*)\)      0  just  and  gracious  God! 

All  flesh  Thy  providence  proclaim, 

Thy  holy  works  applaud. 

2  From  age  to  age  will  we  relate 

The  wonders  Thou  hast  wrought, 
Delighting  to  expatiate 

On  all  which  Thou  hast  taught. 

3  Young  men  and  maidens  lilt  the  Voice, 

Thy  wisdom  to  extol; 
And  children  in  Thy  praise  rejoice. 
Father  and  Friend  of  all!    p 

4  But  though  our  hands  should  be  outspread. 

As  arc  tie-  eagle's  wings, 
To  thank  Thee  for  the  daily  bread, 
'  That  from  Thy  bounty  springs 

5  Though  song,  like  sounding  billows,  too. 

Should  from  our  lips  proceed; 
How  large  a  debt  would  vet  be  due 
To  Thee,  from  Jacob's  seed ! 

G  Thrice  holy,  Lord  of  hosts!  arl  Thou, 
Ineffable  and  pure! 
Before  Thy  Majesty  we  how. 
( J  real  Wing,  whom  we  adore. 

I'.   M. 


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1  ^"7    A.b°ve  a^'  honor  and  all  prais 
lot        Art  Thou  exalted,  Lord! 

Y  •    would  our  lips  in  holy  lays, 
( rlory  T«»  Tiic*'  accord. 

2  Thy  truth  transcendeth  human  thought, 

Thy  love  no  limit  knows: 
A1   I  every  precept  Thou  hast  taught, 
With  mercy's  spirit  glows. 

3  Time  hath  for  Thee  no  present  hour. 

X"  past  <»r  future  day ; 
Eternity  attests  Thy  pow'r, 
And  mocks  his  measured  sway. 

4  Though  brief  our  mortal  period, 

Let  us  that  Knowledge  gain, 
Which  brings  us  near  to  Thee,  0  God! 

And  hurst-  cm-  worldly  chain. 

5  Oh!   let  it  be  our  chief  delight. 

From  carnal  links  to  free 
The  soul,  wh  e,  pure  and  bright. 

:.ms  hundred.  Lord!    with  Thee. 

P.   M. 


100    (dlory  and  praise  to  the  bountiful  Sire. 
-LOO    Whose  hand  gave  to  man  all  his  heart 
could  desire, 
Placed  organs  of  speech  in  the  temple  of 

thought. 
And  tin-  music  of  prayer  from  the  soul 
thus  brought. 

2  (>  beautiful  harmony!  Bpirit  and  voice 


136 

In  the  praise  of  their  maker  togethei 

rejoice, 
His  name  magnify  and  His  attributes  laud, 

Past,  present,  and  future — the  One,  only 
God  ! 

3  Sing,  Israel  !  sing  of  that  Power  Supreme, 
Whose  wisdom  reflecting  its  own  chastened 

beam, 
On  the  image  of  clay  upon  which  it   had 

breathed. 
To  mortals  the  blessing  of  reason 

bequeathed. 

4  0  ineffable  gift!  unparalleled  grace! 
Let  it  ring  through  all  time,  resound 

through  all  space, 
That  star  of  the  mind  virtue's  course 

indicates, 
And  truth's  holy  light  in  its  orb 

concentrates. 

5  And  though  no  conception  or  languag 

ours, 
E'en  faintly  may  shadow  God's  presence  or 

powers  ; 
Let  us  never  forego  the  music  of  prayer, 
Nor  anthems  of  praise  thai  Bis  mercies 

declare  P.  Mf. 


1  OQ   House  of  Judah,  bless  the  Lord  ! 
A.O9J        ij(.j  [Jis  praise  be  your  delight 
I  )n  your  hearts  II  is  law  record, 
Wall;  ye  in  its  perfecl    light. 


137 

2  Lei  ili«'  poor  an  altar  rear, 

Though  with  roughest  stones  they  build  ; 
It'  the  worship  be  Bincere, 
Faith's  high  purpose  is  fulfilled. 

3  Round  that  unpretending  shrine, 

Angel  visitants  shall  stand  : 
Tis  a  bethel  as  divine, 
As  the  Luz  of  holy  land. 

•1    By  the  rich,  who  ofl  to  pride 
( ledar  palaces  erect, 
Temples  should  be  multiplied 
Like  tlie  lane  that  Zion  decked. 

5  Yet,  if  sacrifice  in  these 

Rise  not  up  from  righteous  folds, 
It  will  fail  that  God  to  please 
Who  but  asks  miblemished  souls. 

G  Bless  the  Lord,  ye  rich  and  poor  ! 
E'en  as  brothers,  bless  One  Sire- 
Love  fraternal,  meek'  and  pure, 

Feeds  devotion's  altar-fire.  p.  M. 


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If  mortal  vision  may  not  meei 

The  sun's  meridian  ray- ; 
But  would  beneath  some  cloud  retreat. 

To  shun  its  noontide  blaze  : 


2  Oh  !  how  shall  man  then  elevate 
The  soul's  eternal  eve 
To  God,  the  awful  aggregate 
Of  suns  that  never  die  ? 


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3  In  whom  the  lights  of  truth  and  grace, 

Of  wisdom,  justice,  love, 
In  one  stupendous  mind  embrace, 

And  in  one  glory  move? 

4  As  angels  cover  with  their  wings, 

Their  dazzled  orbs  on  high, 
Friendly  to  faith,  kind  nature  (lings 
Twixt  God  and  man  the  sky. 

5  Softly  the  veil  thus  interposed, 

Relieves  the  spirit's  gaze, 
And  lips  that  e'er  in  fear  had  closed. 
Now  ope,  the  Lord  to  praise. 

6  Reflective  of  Almighty  beams, 

The  soul  intensely  burns, 
And  ever  most  immortal  seems, 

When  heavenward  it  turns.  p.  M. 


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Princes  of  earth!  bend  lowly  down 
Before  the  Lord  of  hosts, 

Who  sees  in  holiness  a  crown, 

More  bright  than  monarch  boasts. 


2  And  ye,  who  o'er  the  free  preside 

With  delegated  sway. 
Ask  counsel  of  that  gracious  Guide. 
Who  bids  the  light  of  day. 

3  With  equal  radiance  to  gild 

The  simplest  shrub  or  flower, 
As  the  tall  cedar  thai  may  build 
A  temple  or  a  tower. 

1    Ye  erring  multitudes  who  bow 
To  kings  of  bransienl  date, 


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To  heaven's  Sovereign  homage  bow, 
Whose  will  controls  your  fate. 

I's  majesty  and  mercy  Bing, 
All  ye,  whose  pleasant  lot 
Is  cast  where  freedom's  altars  sprin 
And  where  her  creed  is  taught. 

6  But  whether  ye  as  bondmen  live, 
Or  freemen's  rights  poss 
Praise  to  the  Lord  for  ever  give, 
And  all  his  statutes  bless.  p.  m. 


6.  MORNING. 

^  A  C%  Refresh'd  by  sleep,  that  sovereign  halm, 
14:/0        Which  best  can  human  woes  assuage, 
My  spirit  feels  a  holy  calm. 

And  pious  thoughts  my  soul  eng 

:2  That  soul  which  but  the  previous  hour 
Had  in  the  world  of  dreams  been  lost, 
And  perch'd  on  many  a  thornless  flower, 
Which  fields  of  fancy  only  boast, 

3  Return'd  from  its  wild  pilgrimage, 

Sings  first  unto  the  Lord  of  light, 
A  heav'nly  bird  in  mortal  cage, 
Preparing  for  its  final  flight. 

4  Hear  it,  0  thou,  eternal  God! 

And  grant  the  blessing  it  may  crave, 
Cherish  it,  while  on  earth's  abode, 
Receive  it,  when  beyond  the  grave. 

5  Too  often  in  this  narrow  vale, 

Its  note  is  saddened  by  distress  ; 


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Bui  whether  joy  or  grief  prevail, 
Thy  name  it  shall  for  ever  bless. 

And  when  it  struggles  to  be  free, 
What  then  is  its  exalted  aim  '.' 

To  reach  that  immortality. 

Where  angel  hosts  Thy  praise  proclaim. 

P.  M. 

7.  EVENING. 

The  Lord,  a  watchful  Guardian,  reigns 

O'er  all  ereated  souls; 
His  hand  the  universe  sustains. 

His  will  its  course  controls. 

2  Conception,  at  its  utmost  height, 

Can  never  comprehend 
The  glory,  majesty,  and  might, 
That  in  Omniscience  blend. 

3  When  musing,  I  at  eventide 

The  firmament  survey, 
Whose  golden  orbs,  celestial  Guide, 
Thy  wondrous  skill  display. 

4  In  silent  adoration  lost, 

My  soul  the  earth  forgets, 
Itself,  like  that  immortal  host, 
A  star  that  never  set-. 

5  Plow  great  the  mercy,  vast  the  love 

Of  Providence  divine, 
Who  thus  created  worlds  above, 
For  man's  delight  to  shine  ! 

6  Oh  !  ever  in  their  presence  bright. 

Devotion  stronger  grows, 
A  3cending  t<»  the  God  of  light . 
I  )l  darkness  and  repose.  P.  m. 


Ml 


8  SPRING. 

\\\    ^(,lv  all,l  everlasting  One  ! 

14:4:    With  joy  we  hail  the  vernal  sun, 

With  pride  on  nature's  temple  gaze, 
Where  spring  her  sweet  oblation  lays. 

"1  Firstlings  of  fragrance  there  abound, 

Blossoms  without  a  blemish  found, 
Off  rings,  the  Levite  e'en  might  prize. 

For  incense  worthy  of  the  skies. 

3  To  strangers  now  in  Palestine, 

The  rose  of  Sharon  we  resign, 
Lilies  no  more,  within  its  light, 
Expand  to  gladden  Israel's  sight. 

4  Holy  and  everlasting  One  ! 
Glory  is  from  Thy  people  gone; 

Yet  praises  from  their  lips  shall  gush, 
Who  seem,  like  Thy  own  burning  bush, 

5  Endued  with  some  mysterious  power. 
O'er  hostile  elements  to  tower  ; 

A  human  branch  by  Heav'n  illumed, 
Through  time  to  flourish  unconsumed. 

p.  M. 

9.  WINTER. 

1  A  £  Oh  !  sad  is  nature's  aspecl  now, 
-L  ^tcJ       When  summer-birds  no  longer  sing, 
And  leaves  arc  dying  on  each  bough, 
That  were  but  infants  in  the  spring, 

2  So  perish  youth's  ambitious  hopes, 
The  foliage  of  the  tree  of  life, 
Till  every  verdanl  relic  dr 

Amid  the  storm  of  worldly  strife. 


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3  But  Providence,  for  ever  kind, 

Hath  left  to  man  one  evergreen, 
That,  when  his  blooming  hours  declined, 
On  the  grave's  border  might  be  seen. 

4  That  gift  is  faith!  the  brightest,  best, 

That  mercy  plants  in  mortal  sphere 
Beneath  its  shade  the  spirit  ble 
Its  farewell  from  this  earth  prepai 

P.  M. 


1  Xf\  H°w  sad  the  wintry  hours  seem, 

I'iU       "When  birds  are  mute  and  blossoms  die, 
That  in  the  Summer's  brighter  beam, 
Sent  song  and  incense  to  the  sky. 

2  Will  thoughtless  man  thus  meditate, 

And  glean  not  in  his  walks  abroad, 
From  nature  in  each  varied  state, 
Fresh  cause  for  glorifying  God  ? 

3  The  frost  that  lies  upon  the  earth 

Is  but  the  shroud  of  transient  death  ; 
And  silently  for  second  birth, 

The  plants  and  herbs  prepare  beneath. 

4  The  leafless  branch  has  warned  the  bird 

Of  winter's  desolating  sway; 

The  voice  of  instinct  has  been  heard, 
It  warbles  neath  a  warmer  ray. 

5  Shepherds  their  timid  flocke 

From  blasts  that  would  destroy  the  shorn, 
And  God,  tl  of  tie*  poor, 

Protects  the  feeble  and  forlorn. 


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6  Author  oi  seasons!   teach  my  mind 
To  view,  in  each  vicissitude, 
A  Providence  divine  and  kind. 

Whose  wonders  are  for  e'er  renewed. 

1'.  M. 


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10.  PEACE. 

(  I  Thou  !  who,  as  the  Great  Unknown, 

From  pole  to  pule  art  glorified, 
Whose  lavish  hand,  for  every  zone, 

Doth  gifts  appropriate  provide — 
Of  Thee  a  special  blessing  now 

Most  fervently  do  we  implore. 
That  discord  may  no  shadow  throw 

On  freedom's  altar  evermore. 

Let  thrones:  of  righteous  judgment  here 

Throughout  all  future  years  be  found  ; 
And  may  that  spirit  disappear, 

Whose  breath  pollutes  her  hallowed 
ground, — 
That  selfish  spirit  which  pursues, 

I  Regardless  of  a  neighbor's  right,) 
Each  purpose  that  promotes  its  vi 

Or  raises  it  to  power's  height. 

ie,  harmonious,  and  sublime, 

Lei  peace  prevail  from  age  to  i 
Untarnished  by  the  stroke  oi   time, 

Or  rude  assaidt  of  jealous 
From  civil  conflict  keep  us  \. 

Abhorrent  to  the  pious  mind — 
And  grant  us,  Father,  peace  with  Thee, 

With  conscience,  and  with  all  mankind. 

1'.    M. 


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Is  there  within  the  world's  wide  bound 
A  place  where  peace  may  e'er  be  found? 
Oh  !  not  in  palaces  of  pride 
Will  Heaven's  messenger  abide. 


2  With  glory  she  will  nut  sojourn, 
But  from  its  trophies  trembling  turn, 
Nor  long  with  human  love  remain, 
That  born  on  earth,  must  bear  its  stain. 

3  She  passeth  not  the  gates  of  sin, 

Nor  want  nor  wealth  her  smile  can  win  ; 
She  droppeth  not  her  olive-leaf 
Upon  the  couch  of  pain  or  grief. 

4  What  being  then  on  mortal  ground, 
By  peace  hath  ever  yet  been  crowned? 
She  dwelleth  as  a  seraph  guest, 

With  such  as  succor  the  opprest. 

5  Her  blessing  ever  is  with  those 
Who  freely  will  forgive  their  fo<  s, 
Who,  firm  in  faith,  in  feeling  pure, 

The  One  Eternal  God  adore.  r.  m. 


11.  OUR  COUNTRY. 

Father  of  nations !  J  udge  divine  ! 

From  Thy  blessed  realms  above 
Thine  ear  to  prayers  and  hymns  incline, 

Breathed  by  patriotic  love. 
l^  there  one  upon  this  earth, 

Who  in  welfare  or  in  woe, 
For  the  country  of  his  birth. 

Feels  not  sympathy's  strong  glow? 


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2  Oh!  may  we  not  this  feeling  trace 

To  creation's  primal  dale'/ 
When  the  great  parent  of  our  run 

Felt  the  exile's  bitter  late  ? 
His  first  tears  were  not  for  toil, 

But  for  his  lost  flower-land — 
Paradise,  his  native  soil, 

Closed  on  him  by  God's  command. 

3  That  pure  sentiment  was  nursed 

When  man's  innocence  had  waned  ; 
His  progeny,  where'er  dispersed, 

Kept  this  virtue  unprofaned. 
Native  to  ali  human  hind 

Is  the  sod  of  Liberty  I 
Where  no  tyrant's  law  may  bind 

Souls  by  nature's  God  made  free. 

4  Brethren  !  let  hearts  and  voices  blend 

In  one  deep  and  earnest  prayer, 
That  Heaven's  blessings  may  descend 

Upon  Freedom's  hallowed  sphere  ; 
Where  untrammeled  faith  may  sing 

Fearless  of  the  bigot's  frown, 
But  to  One  Celestial  King 

Bowing  her  pure  spirit  down. 

5  Where,  upon  wisdom's  equal  plan, 

Conscience  no  controller  dreads, 
Secure  that  on  the  rights  of  man 

No  usurping  despot  treads ; 
Where  unto  the  highest  throne, 

Free-will  offerings  are  brought, 
Homage  to  that  One  alone, 

In  whose  image  we  are  wrought. 

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Fountain  of  justice,  truth,  and  peace  ! 

May  these  virtues  animate, 
Until  life  itself  shall  cease, 

All  the  sons  of  freedom's  state. 
Grant,  that  when  transferred  to  earth, 

(As  religion's  charter  shows,) 
In  heaven,  where  our  souls  had  birth, 

They  at  last  may  find  repose.  p. 

12.  PENITENCE. 

Oh !  answer  me,  my  God  !  this  day 

Of  abstinence  and  prayer ; 
Put  my  transgressions  far  awayy 

And  soften  my  despair. 


2  Answer  me,  Thou  !  in  whom  alone 

A  Saviour  I  behold, 
When  I  confess  before  Thy  throne 
My  frailties  manifold. 

3  But  in  what  language  shall  I  paint 

The  depth  of  my  remorse, 
For  sins  of  free-will  and  constraint. 
Done  in  my  evil  course  ? 

4  The  vast,  the  awful  aggregate, 

My  conscious  soul  confounds  ; 
Pity,  0  Lord  !  and  meliorate 
Thy  servant's  moral  wounds. 

5  Oh!  answer  me,  eternal  King! 

When,  overwhelmed  with  Bhame, 
I  to  Thy  sacred  altar  cling, 
And  call  upon  Thy  name. 


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6  Sinner  m  practice  and  in  speech, 

Yet  dare  I  hope  for  grace  ; 
For  angel-mercy  fills  the  breach 

Where  wrath  once  found  a  place,     p.  M. 


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(Partially  paraphrased  from  tiie  51st  Psalm.) 

Have  mercy  on  Thy  servant,  Lord  ! 

According  to  Thy  loving  kindness ; 
And  from  my  spirit  ever  ward 

That  worst  of  evils — moral  blinds 

2  Oft  doth  the  world  man's  deeds  applaud, 
His  seeming  righteousness  believing  ; 
But  Thy  all-searching  eye,  0  God  ! 
There  is  no  power  of  deceiving. 

-3  This  witnesses  each  guilty  thought, 
Watches  each  criminal  impression, 
Long,  long  before  it  has  been  wrought 
Into  an  active,  bold  transgression. 

1  Wisdom  that  in  the  inward  part, 

With  pure  truth  should  in  alliance  dwell, 
Forsakes  too  oft  my  feeble  heart, 
Prone  against  Thy  statutes  to  rebel. 

5  Oh  !  wash  me  with  Thy  gracious  hand, 

Thou  whose  judgments  e'er  are  justified, 
That  in  Thy  presence  I  may  stand, 
From  unhallowed  passions  purified. 

6  Thoroughly  cleansed  by  Thee  alone 

Can  the  children  of  corruption  be  ; 
No  Jnjssop  upon  earth  is  known 

That  can  from  stain  the  spirit  free. 


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7  Oli!  give  me,  Father,  Borne  kind  token, 

Thai    Thou   wilt   change  to  songs   of 
gladness, 
Prayers  that  from  a  spirit  broken, 
Have  been  breathed  here  in  contrite 
sadness. 

8  With  sacrifice  Thou  wilt  dispense, 

Glorious  Author  of  Creation  ! 
But  to  the  soul  that  sin  repents 

Hast  promised  pardon  and  salvation. 

P.  M. 


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ISAIAH,  CHAP.  LVIII. 

Leaders  of  Israel,  arise! 

Shout  with  a  trumpet-tone, 
The  Lord,  our  God,  ne'er  sanctifies 

Fasts  of  the  flesh  alone. 

2  Behold!  in  strife  and  loud  debate 

Your  sinful  lives  are  spent; 
Falsehood  ye  freely  circulate, 
To  nourish  discontent. 

3  And  ye  for  trespasses  like  these, 

The  flesh  would  mortify; 
Such  sacrifice  will  ne'er  appease 
The  Sov'reign  of  the  sky. 

4  Thy  brother  from  the  yoke  rel<  , 

Thy  neighbor's  burden  bear; 
Speak  to  the  widow  words  of  peace, 
The  orphan's  loss  repair. 

5  Then  glorious  as  morning  light 

Shall  ye  be  seen  to  shine; 
Such  deeds  find  grace  in  Heaven's  sight, 

And  soften  wrath  divine.  p.  m. 


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1  KQ   What  painful  mem'ries  from  the  buried 
J-^°  past 

Doth  conscience  rouse,  my  soul  in  gloom 

to  cast ! 
Her  whisper  changing  to  a  tone  as  loud, 
As  when  the  thunder  rends  the  summer 

cloud. 

^  Remorse  now  speaks  of  sabbath-days 

profaned, 
That  some  poor  gift  of  fortune  might  be 

gained, 
Of  shrines  neglected,  by  the  righteous  built, 
And  perseverance  in  the  path  of  guilt. 

3  God's  grace,  made  manifest  by  word  and 

sign, 
Could  not  to  holiness  my  heart  incline ; 
The  sin  of  Achan  in  my  spirit  strove 
Against  each  token  of  a  Father's  love. 

4  For  wealth  I  prayed,  and  labored  from  my 

youth. 
In  search  of  this  I  lost  the  way  of  truth ; 
And  when  bereavement  brought  me  to  the 

dust, 
I  dared,  0  God  !  to  say,  Thou  wert  unjust. 

5  But  now  for  riches  that  can  ne'er  decay, 
For  precious  faith  thai  passeth  not  away, 
For  vital  godliness  that  ever  shines 
More  bright  than  gems,  or  gold  from 

rtnly  mines, 

G  The  heaven  of  Thy  bounty  I  entreat, 
And  cast  myself'  before  Thy  mercy-seat; 


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Time  cannot  tarnish,  nor  can  rust  corrode, 
The  treasures  garnered  in  the  Lord's 

abode.  p.  M. 


|  KA    Oh  !  worship  not  at  glory's  shrine, 
LU^       jjor  bow  £0  weam1  or  pow'r  ; 

False  are  their  gifts,  though  held  divine 
By  beings  of  an  hour. 

2  They  bring  not  to  thy  couch  of  pain 

Balm-drops  to  ease  thy  breast ; 
They  take  not  from  thy  soul  the  stain 
That  robs  thee  of  thy  rest. 

3  The  work  of  faith  cannot  be  done, 

When  these  the  spirit  move  ; 
They  lead  thee  from  the  Holy  One, 
The  God  of  truth  and  love. 

4  Look  well  unto  thy  soul's  estate  f 

It  needeth  all  thy  care, 
From  sin's  rank  growth  to  extricate 

The  germ  God  planted  there. 

5  Oh  !  then  ere  vanisheth  thy  prime, 

Pray  to  the  Lord  Supreme, 
That  righteousness,  in  future  time, 

Past  errors  mav  redeem.  p.  M. 


1  KK   Unto  Thine  altar,  King  of  kings! 

Lt)0   Each  contrite  worshiper  now  clings, 
While  self-accusing  conscience  reads 
The  record  of  all  past  misdeeds. 
Imploring  grace  at  evVy  pause, 
V<>i  breach  of  thy  greal  moral  laws. 


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151 

Oh  !  can  the  tongue,  to  falsehood  prone, 
Send  ita  appeals  to  Heaven's  throne, 
Where  truth  exalted  and  refined, 
(Pure  essence  of  a  perfect  mind,) 
Supreme  in  holy  beauty  sirs, 
And  light  ineffable  transmits  ? 

Can  he  who  justice  has  abhorred, 
Believe  that  Power  will  accord 
Pardon  to  him,  who  has  transgressed 
Statutes,  that  human  wrongs  redressed  ? 
Sternly  the  upright  spirit  frowns 
On  mortals  who  o'erleap  its  bounds. 

0  God  !  though  great  my  sins  may  be, 
From  stains  like  these  my  soul  is  free. 
Perverseness,  arrogance,  and  pride 
Have  oft  Thy  precepts  set  aside  ; 
For  evil,  both  in  word  and  deed, 
Forgiveness  doth  Thy  servant  need. 

But  Thou  the  penitent  will  raise, 
Who  humbly  at  thy  altar  prays. 

bch  out  Thy  right  hand  to  the  meek. 
Sustain  the  desolate  and  weak  ; 
And  in  the  book  of  mercy  write, 
Tin*  broken-hearted  and  contrite.  P.  M. 


Exalted  theme  of  human  praise, 
In  filial  confidence  I  raise 

To  Thee  the  voice  of  prayer  ; 
Burthened  with  guilt  and  shame  and  grief, 
Father  in  heaven  !  for  relief 

To  Thee  I  still  repair. 


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2  Thou  seest  the  shadows  of  my  heart, 
To  man  it  turns  its  sunny  part, 

Ashamed  of  passion's  storm. 
In  Thy  compassion  I  confide, 
0  gentle  Judge  and  gracious  Guide  ! 

My  frailties  to  reform. 

3  Meekly  will  I  Thy  chastening  bear^, 
And  sackcloth  on  my  spirit  wear, 

For  trespass  to  atone  ; 
But  pity  e'er  transcends  Thine  ire, 
When  to  Thy  footstool,  Holy  Sire  ! 

Sin  hath  for  mercy  flown. 

4  Now  let  that  attribute  divine, 
Upon  contrition's  tear-drops  shine, 

And  like  a  rainbow  rest 
On  the  horizon  of  my  soul, 
Till  ev'ry  cloud  shall  from  it  roll. 

And  leave  it  pure  and  blest.  P.  M. 


15 


Psalm  ci. 

From  my  voice  shall  virtue's  praise 
proceed, 

Though  my  heart  bears  corruption's 
blot? 
Oft  shall  I  repeat  her  holy  creed, 
Yet  act  as  though  I  knew  it  not  ? 

2  God  of  mercy!  though  this  moral  grace 
A  stranger  to  my  breast  hath  been, 
Turn  not  from  a  penitent  Thy  face, 
Who  would  a  better  lit'*'  begin. 


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3  An  humble  pilgrim  seeks  Thy  dwelling, 

Virtu.'  to  bless  and  glorify, 
No  more  against  her  laws  rebelling, 
But  in  their  light  to  live  and  die. 

4  My  tent  no  flatterer  shall  profane, 

Favor  to  win  by  converse  bland, 
Nor  my  household  sanctuary  stain, 
By  aught  that  breaks  the  Lord's 
command. 

5  Whatsoe'er  with  duty  may  conflict, 

Shall  ever  from  my  mind  be  east, 
Which  by  discipline,  severe  and  strict, 
May  excellence  attain  at  last. 

G  Ne'er  to  me  in  vain  shall  widows  plead, 
Nor  helpless  children  of  the  dead  ; 
To  those  in  sorrow's  dwelling  will  I  speed, 
With  portion  of  my  daily  bread. 

7  By  my  Father's  will,  am  I  not  bound 

To  share  with  my  poorer  brothers 

Manna  that,  gathered  upon  my  ground, 

Out-measures  the  grain  of  others  ? 

8  As  a  house  of  God  shall  be  my  home, 

Where  I  in  innocence  will  walk, 
X       shall  scorners   o'er  my   threshold 
come, 
Domestic  pi<jtv  to  mock. 

0  My  song  to  virtue  consecrated, 
Revives  her  image  in  my  soul, 
Which  to  its  God  now  elevated, 

msel  implores  for  its  control.        p.  u. 


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A  KO    Cast  me  not  from  Thy  presence,  Lord  ! 
±<J(J       When  at  Thy  gracious  hands 
Forgiveness  humbly  is  implored, 
For  breach  of  Thy  commands. 

2  Past  years  like  frowning  spectres  rise, 

My  spirit  to  upbraid, 
Which  pleased  with  folly's  enterprise, 
The  task  of  faith  delayed  ; 

3  The  task  of  plucking  vicious  weeds, 

And  planting  in  their  stead, 
Imperishable  moral  seeds, 
By  godly  culture  spread. 

4  For  sins  against  Thy  holy  laws, 

Behold  me  self-arraigned ! 

For  coldness  in  religion's  cause, 

For  passions  unrestrained. 

5  Thy  frequent  gifts  with  feeble  praise 

Did  I  for  e'er  requite  ; 
And  murmurs  loud  presumed  to  raise 
At  chastisements,  though  slight. 

G  At  Heaven's  bar  I  now  appear, 
A  culprit  before  God ; 
Hearken,  0  Mercy  !  to  my  prayer, 
Ere  justice  lifts  the  rod. 

7  Turn  not  Thy  countenance  away. 
When  pardon  I  entreat ; 
But  let  the  beams  of  pity  play 

Around  Thy  judgment  seat.  r.  M. 

i  Ki)    Stranger  to  that  pure  ambition. 
LOu        Wiiicli  fco  godliness  aspires, 


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Man  forgetting  his  high  mission, 
Cherisneth  but  vain  desires. 

2  What  ie  it  for  which  he  toileth, 

Rising  early,  resting  late  ? 
Things  that  time's  strong  finger  Bpoileth 
By  the  great  decree  of  fate. 

3  Power,  riches,  reputation, 

Draw  him  from  the  one  true  shrine  ; 
These  receive  his  adoration, 
Due  but  to  the  Lord  Divine. 

4  Look  within  the  lofty  palace  : 

What  is  it  we  there  behold  ? 
Venal  thirst  and  vengeful  malice, 
Dropping  gall  in  cups  of  gold. 

5  Oh  !  repent  of  all  your  errors, 

Ere  the  light  of  life  departs ; 
Wait  not  until  dying  terrors 

Wring  confession  from  your  hearts. 

p.  1 


1  (\0  Mournfully  chant!  for  our  choir  accords 

xUv       In  sadness  of  soul  with  Zion's  exiles ; 
Plaintive  their  melodies,  pensive  their 
words, 
Tears  of  repentence  now  banishing 
smiles. 

2  Who  will  to  Israel  comfort  impart  ? 

Who  shall  his  spirit  from  sorrow  release, 
Bind  up  the  wounds  of  his  penitent  heart, 
Bring  the  glad  tidings  of  pardon  and 
pea 


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3  Thou,  Thou  alone,  who  o'er  Egypt's  red 

wave, 
(When  the  proud  tyrant  Thy  people 
opprest,) 
Did'st  rise  in  majesty,  Judah  to  save, 
And  redeemed  if  with  Thv  covenant 
blest,— 

4  Thau,  Thou  alone,  0  ineffable  God! 

Hope  to  the  contrite  canst  ever  dispense  ; 
Though  in  the  pathway  of  guilt  we  have 
trod, 
Mercy  will  plead  for  the  soul  that 

repents.  P.  M. 


1  fi1     ^oe  un^°  ^10n  '  sne  *s  BP°^e(l 
*^  *         Of  all  that  made  her  proud; 

God's  anger  hath  her  beauty  foiled, 

And  covered  with  a  cloud. 

2  She  spreadeth  forth  her  feeble  bauds. 

But  none  will  comfort  yield; 
She  hath  transgressed  the  Lord's 
commands, 
Her  refuge  once  and  shield. 

3  Her  elders  sit  upon  the  ground, 

And  troubled  silence  ke<  p; 
With  sackcloth  they  arc  girded — round 
Her  ruined  shrine  they  weep. 

4  Mothers,  to  nature's  instinct  dead, 

Upon  their  infants  prey; 
Youth  struggles  with  the  hoary  head, 
'  X ■  ■ : 1 1 1)  famine's  horrid  Bway. 


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5  The  conqueror  thy  Sabbath  mocke 

Oh  Salem!  in  his  pride; 
The  fox  upon  thy  mountain  walks. 
Thy  foe  is  magnified. 

G  Woe  unto  us  that  we  have  erred  ! 
For  this  our  hearts  despair ; 
But  let  compassion  now  be  stirred, 

Turn  not  from  Israel's  prayer!  p.  M. 

Ifi9    ^!  plaintive  be  the  touch  and  tone 
lU^        Of  instrument  and  voice; 

A  shadow  on  the  heart  is  thrown, 
It  cannot  now  rejoice. 

2  We  sing  of  sorrow  upon  earth, 

When  evil  passions  woke, 
And  sin,  on  those  of  mortal  birth, 
Fastened  its  iron  yoke. 

3  Behold  in  tears  a  captive  band 

'Neath  Shinar's  willows  move. 
Writhing  beneath  rebellion's  brand.. 
Mourning  the  land  they  love. 

i   Wisely  did  we  the  warning  take, 
And  from  their  guilt  abstain  : 
0  God  !  Thy  statutes  still  we  break, 
Still  slaves  to  sin  remain. 

5  Yet  blest  are  we  who,  the'  afar 

From  Zion's  sacred  fold, 
Have  found  a  shrine  'neath  freedom's  Btai . 
Where  faith  is  uncontrolled. 

6  Oh  !  hither  bring  those  pearls  of  price 

Which  Mercy  will  accept, — 


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Contrition's  purest  sacrifice, 

Tears  for  transgression  wept.  p.  m. 

Creator  of  the  universe  ! 

When  I  before  Thee  would  rehearse 

The  trespasses  of  years, — 
Standing  on  judgment's  awful  brink, 
In  terror  from  the  task  I  shrink, 

Oppressed  by  rising  fears. 

2  Thy  consecrated  festivals 

To  me  have  been  no  solemn  calls 

To  penitence  and  prayer, 
Deserted  was  Thy  dwelling-place, 
Unheeded  all  Thy  acts  of  grace 

And  providential  care. 

3  Traitor  to  holiness,  I  strove 

Its  force  and  beauty  to  disprove, 

Its  excellence  to  doubt; 
No  loveliness  in  faith  I  saw, 
Nor  felt  that  spiritual  awe 

Which  fills  the  soul  devout. 

4  Thus  have  I  lived  unsanctified, 
The  slave  of  prejudice  and  pride, 

The  foe  of  sacred  truth, — 
List'ning  to  pleasure's  serpent  hiss, 
Who,  with  a  bribe  of  worldly  bliss, 

Beguiled  me  from  my  youth. 

5  Roused  by  the  cornet's  warning  blast, 
I  looked  upon  the  vanished  past, 

And  wept  for  wasted  years  ; 
But  thou  wilt  ope  compassion's  gate, 
And  all  my  guilt  obliterate, 

God  of  supernal  spheres  !  p.  m. 


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VI.  SABBATH  HYMNS. 

1  C\\    father  and  worship  !  The  first  star  of  eve 
IUt:        To  usher  the  Sabbath  in  glory  appears,' 
As  that  day  of  rest  comes  from  gloom, to 
relieve 
The  spirits  that  toil  in  the  valley  of 
tears, 

2  Gather  and  worship  !  Can  Judah  forget 

The  soul-cheering  promise  of  Mercy 
supreme  ? 
Though  few,  where  the  righteous  in  God's 
name  are  met, 

On  these  t shall  the  light  of  His  counte- 
nance beam. 

3  Gather  and  worship  !  These  hours  serene 

To  labors  of  holiness  e'er  dedicate  ; 
With  waters  of  penitencevmake  your 
hearts  clean, 
Or  meekly  the  woes  of  the  poor  mitigate. 

4  Gather  and  worship !    The  stars  as  they 

move, 
To  faith,  in  their  orbits  of  glory  appear 
Like  Sabbath-lamps,  lighted  by  angels 

above, 
To  lure  human  hearts  to  their  own 

house  of  prayer. 

5  Gather  and  worship  !  The  power  of  time 

Shall  cause  every  planet  in  heaven  to 
wane  ; 


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But  there,  ever  fixed,  is  a  star  more 

sublime, 
The  soul  that  on  earth  has  contracted 
no  stain.  p.  m. 

Daughters  of  Israel,  arise  ! 

The  Sabbath-morn  to  greet, 
Send  songs  and  praises  to  the  skies, 

Than  frankincense  more  sweet. 


2  Take  heed,  lest  ye  the  drift  mistake 
Of  Heaven's  hallowed  hours, 

And  from  those  dreams  too  late  awake, 
That  show  you  but  life's  flowers. 

3  Leave  not  the  spirit  unarrayed, 
To  deck  the  mortal  frame ; 

With  gems  of  grace  let  woman  aid 
Charms,  that  from  nature  came. 

4  With  jewels  of  a  gentle  mind, 
More  precious  far  than  gold, 

Brightened  by  love,  by  faith  refined, 
And  set  in  chastest  mould. 

5  Wife  !  mother  !  sister !  on  ye  all 

A  tender  task  devolves; 
Child,  husband,  brother,  on  ye  call 
To  nerve  their  best  resolves. 

6  Your  hands  must  gird  the  buckler  on, 

The  moral  weapons  cleanse, 
By  which  that  battle  may  be  won, 

That  in  self-conquest  ends.  r.  M. 

1  (\f\   ^  ^s  ^10  80^emn  Sabbath-day, 
1U"       Let  praise  to  God  ascend; 


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In  holin<  J  array, 

And  worldly  thoughts  suspend. 

me  forth,  ye  weary 
Toil-worn  an     ;  pprest, 

T  •  heaven  sei   I  i    gr  .refill  pray'r, 
Por  these  calm  hours  of  rest. 

*  not  the  poorest  of  ye  ask 
Of  Providence,  (long  tried,) 
"If  I  forego  my  daily  task, 
Whose  hand  will  bread  provid< 

4  Remember  thai  celestial  food 

To  Israel  ordained, 
When  Mercy  double  portions  strewed, 
S     ibath  be  profaned. 

5  With  ten-fold  gifts  will  God  repay 

The  transient  loss  incurred  : 
But  tremble  ye  !   who  disobey 

The  mandate  of  the  Lord.  p.  M. 


1  fiT    ^"e  sP°^e — an'^  tnr0   the  gloom  profound 
J-'*  I         Effulgent  light  its  glory  shed  ; 

He  breathed — and  all  the  earth  around 
With  living  myriads  soon  was  spread. 

2  Eow  vast,  how  holy  was  the  love, 

That  blest  us  with  these  gifts  divine. 
While  angels,  in  the  choir  ah.  - 
Sun{  -  round  His  heavenly  shrine. 

3  Nature  in  primal  beauty  glow'd, 

Her  in-  en  ascending  : 

le  ridi  blessings  flow'd, 
His  nth    His  goodness  blending. 


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Still  o'er  these  works  of  grandeur  ros< 

A  radiant  beam — a  heavenly  ray — 
The  holy  rest,  the  calm  repose, 
That  sanctified  the  Sabbath-day. 

In  sacred  song  our  voices  swelling, 

Let  hallelujahs  peal  around. 
While  seraphs,  near  His  starry  dwelling, 

Shall  echo  back  the  grateful  sound. 

c.  m.  c. 

Source  of  mercy,  truth  and  grace  ' 
Humbly  we  this  Sabbath-day, 

In  Thy  holy  dwelling-place, 
Grateful  adoration  pay. 

2  Ere  these  hours  of  rest  depart, 
Man!  recall  each  past  misdeed. 
This  will  purify  thy  heart, 

And  extract  corruption's  seed. 

•]  Self-exalted  dost  thou  stand, 

Whilst  thy  neighbor  is  decried 
Listen  to  the  Lord's  command. 
Love  shall  supersede  thy  pride 

4  Hast  thou  dared  the  poor  to  spurn, 

Though  with  every  virtue  graced? 
With  confusion  shalt  fchou  learn, 
These  are  far  above  thfce  placed. 

5  Is  the  guilt  of  slander  thine  '; 

Thou  wilt  shudder  at  thy  wrong 
When  thou  hearesl  wrath  divine 
Hath  denounced  its  serpent-tongue. 

6  Le1  the  hypocrite  reflect, 

Thai  ;i  spirit  -searching  (5<>d. 


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Will  his  evil  ways  detect, 
Ami  avenge  with  penal  rod. 

For  this  pure  and  noble  end 

Wa  -  the  Sabbath  set  apart ; 
May  iIk'  Lord  of  life  extend 

Peace  to  <m<-1i  repentant  heart !         p.  m. 


1  /?Q   With  joyful  heart  I  greet  again 
J-UJ        Tins  holy  -lay  of  rest, 

To  chant  within  the  sacred  fane, 
And  how  at  Thy  beh< 

2  On  Thee,  0  God  !  my  hopes  rely, 

Thy  name  be  ever  praised; 
Vouchsafe  to  bless  and  sanctify 
These  strains  devoutly  raised. 

3  Oli  !  banish  hence,  far  from  my  mind, 

All  evil  thoughts  away, 
And  grant  my  soul  may  favor  find 
-is.  Thy  holy  day. 

4  And  at  the  altar  as  I  bend. 

To  supplicate  Thy  care, 
In  mercy,  Lord  !  Thy  blessing  send 

Upon  my  humble  prayer.  G.  L, 


1  "y/ J    God  of  the  Sabbath!  to  Thy  praise. 
I.  1 1/    A.8  once  m  Zion's  palmy  di 

The  organ  sweetly  swells; 
While  thousands  to  Thy  temples  throng, 
And  in  alternate  prayer  and  song. 
id  ii])  their  meek  appeals. 


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2  Gently  we  lay  our  burdens  down, 
Where  faith  assumes  her  Sabbath-crown, 

And  wears  the  robe  of  peace  ; 
When  from  the  web  of  worldly  strife, 
We  draw  that  golden  thread  of  life, 

The  seventh  day's  release. 

3  But  think  not  'tis  enough,  that  we 
Our  hands  from  servile  labor  free. 

On  this  most  holy  day  : 
If  malice  in  the  soul  still  works, 
If  there  one  spark  of  anger  lurks. 

In  vain  we  sing  and  pray. 

4  When  shall  the  jubilee  begin, 
That  from  the  slavery  of  sin, 

Man's  spirit  shall  redeem? 
Not  till  we  plant  with  pious  toil. 
On  Sabbaths,  in  the  moral  soil. 

The  law  of  God  supreme.  P.  m. 

1^1    In  harmony  with  Heaven's  peace, 
-*-  '  *         Sabbath's  deep  repose  descends. 
From  toil  the  weary  to  release, 

The  sordid  draw  from  worldly  ends. 
Lord!  let  devotion  fill  our  hearts, 
Ere  time's  serenest  day  departs. 

2  Rest,  worshipers!  and  pray  and  sing. 

To  the  Healer  of  all  woes, 
From  whose  exhaustless.  balmy  Bpring 

I  lonsolation  ever  flows. 
Here  will  the  burthened  spirit  gain 
Courage,  all  trials  to  sustain. 

°>  Thine,  Father!  is  the  mighty  will, 
A  nd  Thine  I  he  gracious  pow'r 


The  tumults  of  the  mind  to  still, 

In  sorrow's  stormy  hour. 
Nor  e'er  unsolaced  shall  they  grieve, 
Who  righteously  Thy  word  receive. 

4  0  God!  l*jt  passion's  flood  recede 

From  Thy  hallowed  dwelling-place, 
Lesl  from  the  soul  Thy  mural  creed 

Its  wild  current  may  efface  ; 
And  from  that  inner  temple  sweep 
The  statutes  we  should  therein  keep. 

5  Hear  us  !   when  we  uplift  our  hands 

In  fervent  supplication, 
That  Thou  wilt  bless  and  speed  all  plans 

For  freedom's  preservation  ; 
And  o'er  the  country  of  our  love. 
Let  peace,  the  Sabbath-angel,  move. 

6  Come,  ye  afflicted  and  forlorn! 

To  this  consecrated  shrine. 
Where  e'en  the  breast  by  anguish  torn 

Care  forgets  in  rest  divine — 
In  the  fullness  of  devotion. 
Merging  ever}'  sad  emotion.  p.  m. 


1  ^O    Now  let  the  hand  of  toil  suspend 
■*-  '  &       Its  daily  task  severe, 

And  youth  and  age  their  voices  blend 
In  glad  and  grateful  prayer. 

"2  Behold!  the  Sabbath  sun  appears 
Beneficient  and  bright. 
As  if  it  drew  from  higher  spheres 
A  part  oi  Mercy's  light ! 


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Pause  ye,  whom  sordid  schemes  engn 
In  virtue's  balance  weighed, 

Your  present  gain  is  future  loss, 
Your  substance  but  a  shade. 

And  ye,  whom  pleasure  can  beguile, 

From  piety  to  stray, 
Pause  !  and  'gainst  her  hollow  smile, 

God's  awful  frown  array. 

Come  hither,  ye  by  sorrow  bowed! 

For  pure  and  earnest  prayer 
Hath  power  to  dispel  each  cloud 

Of  mortal  grief  and  care. 

The  mourner's  failing  hope  revive- 
Beneath  that  sacred  dome, 

Where  faith  divine  a  promise  gives, 

Of  Sabbaths  yet  to  come.  r.  m. 


Praise  the  Lord  God,  the  glorious 

Supreme  ! 

Whose  Sabbath  wre  the  highest  gill  esteem, 
By  His  munificence  on  man  bestowed, 
Since  first  on  earth  the  fount  x>f  mercy 

flowed. 

2  Praise  the  ineffable,  eternal  Our  ! 
Whose  holy  will  with  rev'rence  should  be 

done, 
Who  to  angelic  hosts  proclaimed  on  high, 
This  day  for  ever  shall  ye  sanctify  ! 

3  0  crowning  evidence  of  love  and  grace! 
0  best  of  blessings  t<>  the  human  race! 
Shall  we  thy  lustre  i\\m  by  deeds  impure, 
Seeking  Borne  worldly  treasure  bo  secure. 


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I    Lei  it  ii"t  be  !   Lei  feeling,  thought,  and 
word, 
With  tins  day's  sweet  serenity  Accord  ; 
In  vain  the  hand  its  daily  task  foreg 
I  i   the  mind  Labors  and  rejects  rep* 

5  There  is  a  soil  within  thai  culture  needs — 
A  moral  field  o'errun  with  evil  weeds — 
These  to  extract,  this  holy  time  employ, 
Lesi  they  the  growth  of  righteousm 

•  roy. 

6  Be  this,  0  Israel!  your  sacred  task. 

And  not  in  vain  shall  ye  God's  blessing 

ask  : 
Sing  hallelujahs,  children  of  His  choice, 

And  in  the  Sabbath  of  the  Lord  rejoice. 

P.  M. 


EZEKIEL,  XX.,  V.  3  >. 

IijA   Hallow  my  Sabbaths!  Will  Israel  respond, 
■  *       With  filial  delight,  to  his  Father's 
command  ? 
Or  sever  by  trespass  the  holiest  bond 

That  ever  was  signed  by  His  merciful 
hand? 

2  Hallow  my  Sabbaths!  Elect  of  all  nations, 
The  voice  of  the  prophet  is  lifted  in 
vain ; 
Earth  taketh   from  heaven  your  vows  and 
oblations. 
Your  prayer  is  for  power — your  pr< 
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3  Hallow  my  Sabbaths !  Can  Jeshurun 

falter, 

When  God  for  a  single  day's  sacrifice 

pleads  ? 
Void  is  the  temple,  and  vacant  the  altar, 
The  world's  profane  service  His  worship 

impedes. 

4  Hallow  my  Sabbaths  !    The  hand  of  life's 

dial 
Moves  rapidly  on,  in   its  limited  sphere, 
While  faith  keeps  her  eye  on  that  hour  of 
trial, 
When  man  must  his  soul  to  Omnipotence 
bear. 

5  Hallow   my   Sabbaths !     By   this   ye   shall 

merit, 
With  angels  in  bright  convocation  to 

■meet, 
The  kingdom  of  Heaven  for  e'er  to  inherit, 
And  sing  with  the  saints  before  God's 

mercy-seat.  p.  M. 

IT^k    PrePare  an(l  purify  in)-  heart, 
J.  i  O        Thou  who  receivest  mortal  prayer  ! 
Its  Sabbath-thoughts  to  set  apart 
From  every  worldly  hope  and  fear. 

2  Oh!  lead  my  spirit  far  away, 

From  evil  haunts  of  human-kind  ; 
Withdraw  it  from  the  fragile  clay, 

In  which  Thou  hast  its  light  Enshrined. 

3  Let  not  Thy  servanl  pass  unblest, 

From  mercy's  hallowed  dwelling-place; 


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There,  when  my  frailties  are  confesl . 
Give  in*1  assurance  oi  Thy  grace.     P.  M, 

Rest  for  the  Lord  !  The  work  ia  done 

That  order  out  of  chaos  brought, 
Gave  to  the  firmament  a  sun, 

To  man — the  glorious  light  of  thought. 

2  Rest  for  the  new-created  globe  \ 

Forth  went  the  law  of  love  divine, 
And  peace  put  on  her  purest  robe. 
And  smiling  stood  at  Eden's  shrine. 

3  Brighter  the  flower-altar  grew, 

As  there  the  Sabbath-angel  prayed, 
That  her  own  spirit  might  imbue 
All  that  by  Mercy  had  been  made. 

4  But  when  serenity  departs, 

And  sm  has  closed  its  golden  gate  ; 
When  thorns  spring  up  in  human  heart.-, 
And  tears  reveal  man's  altered  state  : 

5  Most  sensibly  will  sons  of  earth, 

(Of  costly  knowledge  once  possest,) 
Appreciate  the  real  worth 
Of  hallowed  periodic  rest. 

6  0  ye  !  whose  paradise  is  found, 

Not  where  the  leaves  of  truth  expand, 
But  where  the  fruits  of  wealth  abound, 
Remember  Heaven's  great  command. 

7  Six  days  t<»  labor  ye  may  give, 

*  But  on  the  seventh  shall  repose, 
That  in  tin-  land  ye  Long  may  live, 
Which  with  God's  bounty  overilows. 


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Fulfilled-    ye  shall  in  spheres  above, 
(Where  centuries  like  hours  roll,) 

Enjoy  the  gift  of  perfect  love — 

Th'  eternal  Sabbath  of  the  .soul.        p.  M. 


Praise  to  the  God  of  nations  sing 
Who  in  sublime  repose, 

Bade  Sabbath  into  being  spring 
Creation's  work  to  clog 


2  The  solace  which  this  day  of  rest 

To  suff'ring  mortals  brings, 
Must  take  from  ev'ry  troubled  breast 
The  sharpest  of  its  stings. 

3  Banished  from  Eden,  and  bereaved 

By  guilt  of  all  its  flow'rs, 

Oh!  how  would  toiling  man  have  grieved, 
But  for  these  hallowed  hours. 

4  Yet,  oh  !  beware,  lest  sin  once  more 

In  God's  own  temple  creep, 
And  tempt  thy  spirit  as  before, 
When  faith  was  lulled  to  sleep. 

5  Though  now  the  proffered  fruit  be  gold. 

Turn  from  the  gift  away, — 
For  this,  immortal  souls  are  sold 
On  Heaven's  holy  day. 

6  OpoD  i by  conscience  leave  no  stain. 

So  durable  and  deep, 
As  thai  of  giving  up  to  gaiti 
The  Sabbath  angels  keep.  r.  m. 


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171 

VII.  FESTIVAL  HYMNS. 

1.    NEW    YEAR. 

Between  the  past  and  future  year,, 

We  pause  awhile  in  our  car< 

Two  voices  t<>  attend  ; 
One  speaks  of  life,  and  light,  and  bloom. 

One  warns  us  of  the  unseen  tomb, 
To  which  all  must  descend. 

2  Experumce  and  hope  thus  stand, 
Addressing  all  the  human  band, 

As  on  they  swiftly  speed  ; 
Young  pilgrims  hut  the  promise  hear, 
That  time  in  every  coming  year 

Will  but  to  pleasure  lead. 

3  Few.  even  of  maturest  age, 

Can  that  grave  wisdom  long  engage, 

Which  for  reflection  calls  ; 
Still  blind  and  rash,  they  forward  p 
Tin1  last  tew  minutes  of  their  glass 

Wasting  in  mirth's  gay  halls. 

4  Oh!   listen  to  the  warning  tone, 

In  sorrow  sent  from  mem'ry  s  throne, 

Ye  children  of  the  dust  ! 
No  falsehood  rests  upon  the  fcongue, 
That  counsels  both  the  old  and  young. 

In  God  alone  to  trust. 

■  >  Oh  !   what  a  crowd  of  by-gone  things, 
Eome  t<»  the  heart  remembrance  brings, 
At  our  annual  feasl  ; 


r 


Many  with  smiles  their  kindred  greet, 
Some  weeping,  show  each  vacant  seat 
Once  filled  by  friends  deceased. 

6  Look  round  on  nature's  varied  scene. 
What  chequered  objects  lie  between 

The  cradle  and  the  bier — 
The  sunbeam  and  the  stormy  cloud. 
The  wedding-raiment  and  the  shroud 

Sadden,  by  turn-,  and  cheer. 

7  Now  on  that  inner  being  e 
Where  passion  oft  its  shadow  lays 

On  all  that  once  was  bright ; 
Where  pride  so  frequently  expels 
That  love  in  which  God's  likeness  dwells. 

Reflecting  moral  light. 

8  Remember  that  a  day,  an  hour, 
May  place  beyond  all  mortal  pow'r 

Forgiveness  to  bestow  ; 
Let  not  the  New  Year's  sun  decline. 
Ere  ye  have  vowed  before  this  shrine 

Resentment  to  forego. 

9  Put  off  each  ling'ring  weakness  now, 

Faith  will  your  minds  with  strength  endow. 

Self-conquest  to  achieve  ; — 
Will  give  you  fortitude  to  bear 
The  chastenings,  frequent  and  severe, 

Ye  may  on  earth  receive. 

10  Oh  !   then  shall  Mercy's  hand  record 
That  blessed,  that  benignant  word  : 

Pardon  to  sinful  man  ! 
Whose  soul,  triumphant  o'er  decay, 
To  thai  .world  shall  direct  its  way, 

Which  knows  no  annual  span.  r.  M. 


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it-; 

[nto  the  tomb  oi  ages  pasl 
Another  year  hath  now  beep  i  a 
Shall  time,  unheeded,  take  its  flight, 
Nor  leave  one  ray  of  moral  light, 
That  on  man's  pilgrimage  may  shine, 
Ami  lead  his  soul  to  spheres  divine? 

l!  Ah  !   which  ^\'  w^,  if  self-reviewed, 
Can  boast  unfailing  rectitude  ? 
Who  can  declare  his  wayward  will 
More  prone  to  righteous  deeds  than  ill? 
I  )v.  in  his  retrospect  of  life, 
No  traces  find  of  passion's  strife? 

3  A  "still  small  voice."  as  time  departs, 
Bids  us  inspect  our  secret  hearts. 

Whose  hidden  depths  too  oft  contain 
Some  spot,  which  suffered  to  remain. 
Will  (slight  at  first)  by  sad   neglect 
The  hue  of  vice  at  last  reflect. 

4  With  firm  resolve  your  bosoms  nerve 
The  God  of  truth  alone  to  serve, 
Speech,  thought,  and  act  to  regulate. 
By  what  His  perfect  laws  dictate: 
Nor  from  His  sanctuary  stray, 

By  worldly  idols  lured  away. 

5  Peace  to  the  house  of  Israel  ! 
May  joy  within  it  ever  dwell! 
May  sorrow  on  the  opening  year. 
Forget '  ing  its  accustomed  tear. 
With  smiles  again  fond  kindred  meet. 
With  hopes  revived  the  festal  g] 

p. 

1  QO   ^orn  breaks  upon  Moriah's  height: 
1  Ov        \  father  and  his  onlv  s,,ii 


17  1 

There  bow  towards  the  rising  light, 
A  ml  humbly  Bay,  I  rod's  will  be  done  ! 

l}  Willi  trembling  hand  bul  faithful  heart, 
The  sire  binds  his  sinless  boy, 
Prepared  with  that  sweet  pledge  to  part, 
Which  he  who  lent  would  now  destroy. 

3  On  Sarah  most  his  thoughts  were  bent, 

When  she  nr»  more  should  meel  her 
child; 

But  mourn  within  her  lonely  tout 
For  him,  the  pure,  the  undefiled. 

4  Yet  firmly  Abram  grasps  the  blade: 

But  e'er  the  fatal  stroke  descends. 
A  beam  hath  round  the  victim  played, 
An  angel  o'er  the  altar  bends  ; 

5  Forbear!   the  test  of  faith  is  o'er! 

Unbind  the  sacrificial  cord! 
Yon  Heav'n  provided  ram  secure, 
To  bleed  and  burn  before  the  Lord. 

G  Blows  blow  the  trumpet  of  gladness  now! 
God's  clemency  and  love  confess  I 
Who  hath  fulfilled  His  solemn  vow, 
In  [saac's  seed  the  earth  to  bless, 

P.  M. 

A  01     Look  down,  0  God  !  with  gracious  eye 
*  ^  *-        On  Thy  worshipers  contrite! 
And  let  each  penitential  sigh, 
Thy  compassion  now  excite. 
When  we  Thy  sanctuary  seek-. 
In  solemn  prayer,  with  spirit  meek, 
Pasl  \ ra regressions  i<>  declare, 


No  judge  relentless  wilt  Thou  pi 
But  with  a  father's  boundless  love, 
Pardon  grant  on  this  New  Year. 

Look  down  in  mercy,  mighty  King! 

1  rpon  our  domestic  spheres — 
Remove  from  these  whate'er  may  bring 

Remorse  in  our  future  years. 
From  our  beloved  home-circles  keep 
The  shadows  dark  and  sorrows  deep, 

Encountered  in  Life's  career. 
Banish  from  there  all  passions  stern, 
Ami  to  the  course  of  virtue  turn 

I  oir  hearts  on  this  New  Year. 

Look  down  upon  this  city,  Lord  ! 

And  all  danger  and  distress 
From  its  remotest  limits  ward, 

With  parental  tenderness. 
Increase,  kind  Providence  !  the  31 
Of  the  honest,  laboring  poor, 

Who  in  mind  Thy  statutes  bear; 
Relieve  the  sons  of  want  and  woe, 
That  tears  may  not  be  seen  to  flow 

On  the  birth  of  this  New  Year. 

down  and  bless,  eternal  King! 

Thy  holy  habitation, 
Where  sinners  to  Thy  altar  cling, 

In  contrite  supplication. 
N<  •  for  ourselves  alone  we  pray — 
For  fellow-creatures  gone  astray 

We  implore  forgiveness  fa  n  .' 
0  God  !  when  we  depart  from  hence, 
In  heaven  may  our  soul  commence 

Immort.-ilitv  >  New  Vein-.  p. 


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2.  DAY   OF  ATONEMENT. 

1  QO    My  heart  is  bared  to  Thee,  0  Lord  ' 
*^^        Rebellious  oft  against  Thy  laws: 
My  i'viu\t\est justice  must   record. 
But,  oh  !  let  mercy  plead  my  cause. 

2  That  angel  finds  a  saving  grace, 

Where  sterner  truth  but  guilt  descries  : 
Her  shrine  is  still  a  shelt'ring  place, 
To  which  the  trembling  sinner  flies. 

3  To  other  gods  I've  gone  astray; 

Idols  of  man's  own  fabrication,* 
Riches  and  fame,  that  flee  away, 
And  leave  the  soul  in  desolation. 

4  I've  dwelt  with  unrelenting  stres 

Upon  my  neighbor's  lightest  sin; 
And  looked  with  partial  tenderness 
Upon  the  deeper  taint  within. 

5  Proud,  covetous,  vindictive,  vain, 

Thy  contrite  servant  oft  hath  been  ; 
Yet  from  Thy  chast'ning  rod  retrain. 
0  God  !  and  let  me  pardon  win. 

G  Thus  have  I  rent  the  flimsy  veil, 
That  hid  my  heart's  deformity. 
Not  yet  beyond  salvation's  pale, 

If  mercy  will  but  plead  tor  me.        P.  M. 


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Lord  of  the  world  !   when  I  behold 
The  ling'ring  shadows  of  the  night, 

Far,  far  from  the  horizon  rolled, 
By  the  effulgeni  source  of  light — 


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2  Cheered  is  my  soul,  bowe  er  oppressed  . 

For  thus  it  trusts  will  mercy's  ray 
Shine  od  the  penitential  bn 

An*d  chase  the  clouds  of  sin  away. 

3  Yet,  while  my  eye  from  nature  tab 

A  token  that  may  hope  convey, 
A  secret  dread  my  spirit  shakes, 

0  God  !  upon  this  fearful  daw 

4  The  mourner's  dust  should  strew  my  head. 

The  shroud  my  fitting  raiment  prove  ; 
For  now  my  sentence  must  be  read 
By  the  eternal  Judge  above. 

5  Woe,  woe  is  me  I  the  vain,  the  proud, 

The  votary  of  idle  mirth  ; 
E'en  as  a  bulrush  am  I  bowed, 
By  conscious  frailty  to  the  earth. 

6  Peace,  mortal  man !  nor  in  despair 

Forget  there  is  a  mighty  Hand, 
Which  can  redemption's  standard  rear, 
And  break  corruption's  iron  band. 

7  But,  oh  !  if  thou  wouldst  grace  entreat 

Of  Him  who  rends  the  yoke  of  sin, 
That  mercy  let  thy  brother  meet, 

Which  thou  wouldst  from  thy  Father  win. 

8  The  wicked  Thou  wilt  not  forsake, 

Almighty  Sovereign  and  Sire  ! 
But  from  their  hearts  defilement  shake 
And  love  of  purity  inspire. 

9  Shepherd  of  Israel !  Thy  rod 

Hath  driven  us  from  Zion's  fold  ; 
Let  us,  through  righteousness,  0  God  ! 

The  better  land  of  faith  behold.  p,  m. 


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L78 

Eternal  love  is  Thine,  0  God  ! 

Oh  !  let  me  not  in  error  straj 
But  chasten  with  a  gentle  rod, 

And  lead  me  back  to  virtue's  way. 


2  With  penitential  tears  I  wee}), 

Turn  not  away,  in  wrath,  Thy  fj 
Awake  my  soul  from  sinful  sleep, 
And  purify  it  by  Thy  grace. 

3  Thou,  who  canst  heal  the  broken  heart. 

Will  hear  the  suppliant's  prayer  ; 
Thy  truth,  Thy  goodness,  oh!  imparl  : 
Almighty,  take  me  to  Thy  care  ! 

■      C.  D.   L.   H. 

1  O^  Father  of  mercies  !  on  this  morning, 
lOeJ      Trembling  I  stand  before  Thy  shrine, 
Appalled  by  conscience,  whose  fore- 
warning 
Sternly  prefigures  wrath  divine,* 
Whose  bolt,  (forgiving  as  Thou  art,) 
Hath  stricken  oft  the  sinful  heart. 

2  Yet,  though  opprest  with  shame  and 

terror, 
Freely  will  I  to  Thee  expose 
Each  foible  and  each  flagrant  error, 

That  from  unbridled  passion  grows; 
Though  from  Omniscience  none  may 

screen 
Guilt,  that  no  mortal  eye  hath  seen. 

3  But,  0  my  Judge  and  Benefactor! 

What  trespass  shall  be  fust  proclaimed? 
The  slander  of  the  base  detractor, 

Whose  shaft  al  more  than  lite  is  aimed, 


Thai  e'er  with  jealousy  conspires, 
To  mar  what  all  the  world  admi] 

Or,  from  my  manifold  offenc 

Shall  I  that  scornful  pride  select, 

Which  all  its  love  in  self  condenses, 

And  will  no  social  tie  respect, 
Frustrating  thus  Thy  gracious  end, 
In  fellowship  mankind  to  blond'/ 

aal  Sovereign  !  Sire  supreme  ! 

When  I  Thy  glory  should  promote, 
My  powers  to  some  worldly  scheme 

Unrighteously  do  I  devote; 
And  e'en  Thy  Sabbaths  oft  profane. 
Some  selfish  object  to  attain. 

Alas  !   were  all  these  faults  forgiven, 
So  many  would  remain  untold, 

That  to  despair  I  should  be  driven, 
Did  I  not  in  remembrance  hold 

Thy  mercy,  from  creation's  birth, 

Dispensed  to  sinners  upon  earth. 

Oh  !  may  that  shield  of  the  offender, 
On  this  great  judgment-day  arise, 

And  prompt  Thee,  Father  !  to  surrender 
The  scourge,  uplifted  to  chastise  ! 

Thy  boundless  grace  for  me  shall  ope 

The  gates  of  pardon,  peace,  and  hope. 

P.   M. 


L80 


1  Ql\  Comfort  >v-  {)  tsrael  !  and  lilt  no  more 
-*^U       The  voice  of  trembling  and  ol  tribu- 
lation ; 
But  songs  of  gladness  and  thanksgiving 
pour 
To  Him  who  hears  and  ansv 
supplication. 

2  Comfort  ye,  frail  transgressors!  Hence 

depart, 
Cheered  by  the  belief  that  He  who 

reigns  above, 
Will  to  himself  draw  every  contrite  heart 
With  the  soft  chords  of  pure,  paternal 

love. 

3  But  ere  ye  from  this  holy  place  retres 

Vow,  firmly  vow,  before  the  throne  of 
Heaven, 
That  ye  will  never  more  those  sins  repeat 
Which  God,  in  mercy,  hath  this  day 
forgiven. 

4  Turn  to  your  home!   But,  oh  !   remember 

there 
The  pious  purposes  here  meditated ! 
Let  each  man's  dwelling  be  a  house  of 
prayer, 
To  peace,  to  love,  to  justice  consecn 

p.  M. 


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3.  tabernacles: 

IQ'y  How  desolate  thy  fields  and  vales, 
^  '        0  Palestine  !  once  fair  and  tree — 
No  reaper-train  the  harvest  hails 

With  hymns  to  Israel's  Deity. 

2  The  toreh  hath  been  upon  thy  sheaf. 

The  brand  upon  thy  fruitful  vine' 
And  thou  art  like  a  withered  leaf, 
Hurled  to  the  dust  by  wrath  divine. 

3  No  more  upon  thy  blighted  soil 

The  tents  of  all  the  tribes  arise  ; 
Thou  art  indeed  a  prey  and  spoil — 

Thy  crown  and  sceptre  Ishmael's  prize. 

4  Afar  we  tabernacles  rear, 

And  seek  a  righteous  substitute, 

In  grateful  praise  and  godly  prayer. 

For  offerings  of  grain  and  fruit. 

5  Myrtles  and  willows  we  entwine, 

1  palm  and  fairer  citron  bring. 
Creations  of  one  Hand  divine, 
From  which  all  nature's  blessi: 

Dig. 

6  And  as  we  thus  together  place 

Inodorous  and  fragrant  boughs. 
So  mingle,  too,  the  human  i 

Whom  God  with  diverse  gifts  endows. 

7  Our  habitations  we  forsake 

For  booths,  whose  open  roofs  reveal 
That  heaven,  to  whose  Lord  we  make 
Our  first  address  and  last  appeal. 


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B  Such  change  the  pious  soul  prepares 
For  final  passage  to  the  grave; 
Whence  it  may  reach  immortal  spheres, 
Where  saints  the  palm  of  glory  wav< 

9  0  Thou  !  whose  presence  glorified 
Our  pilgrim  fathers'  desert-tents, 
Let  truth  be  now  our  angel-guide, 

And  light  to  [srael  dispens  p.  m. 

jOO  Praise  the  Counselor  supreme  ! 
.LOO       Oh  !  praise  the  Judge  divine  ! 
Who  deigned  Judah  to  redeem, 
With  wonder,  wrordr  and  sign. 
Feeble  must  all  language  prove, 

His  glories  to  rehearse, 
Tokens  of  whose  boundless  love 
Make  glad  the  universe. 

2  Led  from  Egypt's  servile  sodT 

Our  sires  (a  pilgrim  band) 
Trackless  wTilds  securely  trod 

To  Canaan's  vine-clad  land. 
Frail  the  tent,  but  firm  the  trust. 

Of  Israel  that  day  ; 
For,  through  desert-clouds  of  dust. 

He  still  saw  Mercy's  ray. 

3  Lost  to  us  is  thatvblessed  soil 

Whose  trees  shed  fragranl  tears  . 
But  the  Hand  thaj  wrought  the  spoil 

Fresh  drops  of  balm  prepares. 
Genial  now,  as  in  the  past, 

Are  beam,  and  breeze,  and  dew, 
Which,  for  toiling  man's  repast, 

The  harvest-  fruits  ren< 


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L83 

freedom's  rock  sublime, 

Is  moral  law  is  read; 
Now,  aa  in  the  elder  time, 

The  wilderness  yields  bread. 
Set  your  tabernacles  up, 

Ye  righteous  Hebrews!  here 
Sanctity  your  Bweetened  cup 

With  sacred  Bong  and  prayer. 

In  life's  wilderness,  man's  fame 

A  transient  booth  app< 
Where  the  soul,  that  from  (rod  came. 

Dwells  for  a  tew  brief  years. 
Lord  !  when  from  this  fabric  slight 

My  spirit  shall  remove, 
Guide  it  Thou  to  heaven's  height. 

The  promised  land  of  love  !  p. 


Rude  are  the  tabernacles  now 
Of  Israel'  red  band  ; 

Stiil  to  the  East  the  faithful  bow, 
And  bless  their  fatherland. 

Oh!  save  us,  Ave  beseech  Thee,  Lord! 

Through  every  chance  and  change 
adored. 

Oh  !  when  we  think  of  Pale-tine. 

Whose  consecrated  dust 

;)ore  the  hallowed  ark  and  shrine 

Of  Judah's  only  Trust :  ^ 
We  mourn  to  mark  the  stranger  there, 
Who  only  mocks  the  Hebrew's  prayer. 

■.  who  in  the  deadly  sleep 
self-delusion  lie  ! 


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Arise  !  or  ye  may  live  bo  we 
The  time  now  passing  by. 
Save  us,  0  everlasting  Lord ! 
Thy  aid  against  remorse  afford. 

Let  us  re-open  mercy's  law, 

And  in  our  bosoms  lock 
Precepts,  that  humble  hearts  shall  draw 

Towards  salvation's  rock  ; 
Praised  to  heaven's  supreme  Lord, 
Who  did  this  sovereign  gifl  accord  ! 


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P.  If. 


Of  Heaven's  bounties  let  us  sing, 

That,  countless. as  the  stars  above. 
Through  all  the  varied  seasons  spring 

From  the  eternal  Source  of  love  ! 
Mirrored  alike  on  vale  and  mount, 

Are  images  of  Grace  benign  ; 
Fields,  moistened  o'er  by  Mercy's  fount, 

To  yield  the  reaper  wheat  and  wine. 

In  spring,  the  whisp'ring  breezes  give 

God's  gracious  message  to  the  earth, 
That  languid  nature  shall  revive, 

And  all  that's  beautiful  have  birth. 
Brief  the  life-time  of  the  flow 

But  scarcely  have  these  passed  away, 
When  the  autumnal  harvest-hours 

Come  to  atone  for  their  decay. 

Shall  laboring  man  on  fallen  leaves 
Bestow  his  unavailing  tears, 

When  on  their  ruin  rise  the  sheaves 
Whose  golden  grain  his  spirit  cheers? 


i  85 

No!  joyously  he  then  should  lift 
His  grateful  hearl  to  God  in  prayer, 

Who  to  tl  Birits  the  gift, 

But  ne'er  Buspenda  a  parent's  care. 

-I  With  moral  providence,  likewise, 
Let  beings  of  this  world  prepare 

"Gainst  days  when  youth's  bright  verdure 
dies, 
And  life  is  like  the  waning  year. 
For  then  shall  virtue  vegetate, 

And  flourish  on  the  inner  ground; 
•1   v  shall  the  reaper  animate. 

Within  whose  touts  its  fruits  are  found. 

p.  M. 


1  01    How  great,  how  pure  is  my  delight, 

-!-•'-*-       Thee  to  serve  and  praise,  0  Lord  ! 

Thy  wondrous  judgements  to  recite, 

Thy  kind  precepts  to  record. 
Let  my  career  be  sanctified 

From  this  day  by  godly  deeds, 
And  through  that  path  my  footsteps  guide 
Which  to  thy  own  kingdom  leads. 

2  With  spiritual  manna,  Thou 

Craving  hearts  hast  e'er  sustained  : — 

Nourish  with  two-fold  portion  now 

Those  whose  moral  strength  was  waned. 

Again,  again,  0  gracious  King! 
By  Thy  mild,  paternal  grace 

Am  I  allowed  to  pray  and  sing 
In  Thy  blessed  dwelling-].. 


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ISO 

Oh  !  that  my  thoughts  were  like  my 
theme, 

Holy,  glorious,  and  pure  : 
That  they  would  with  reflected  beam, 

Come  from  Thee  and  to  Thee  soar  ' 
Alas!  but  Aa^fimmortal  here, 

The  soul  no  power  can  boast, 
Of  sending  on  the  wings  of  prayer, 

Thoughts  that  glorify  Thee  mos 

Yet  even  prayer  from  lips  defiled, 

With  indulgence  have  been  heard — 
On  the  suppliant  Thou  hast  smiled. 

Who  with  tears  his  plea  preferred. 
Me  Thou  never  hast  rejected, 

When  towards  Thy  mercy-seat 
Faith  my  spirit  hath  directed. 

Thy  forgiveness  to  entreat. 

With  what  can  we  compare  the  joy, 

Lord  !  of  tending  at  Thy  shrine, 
The  rapture,  free  from  all  alloy, 

Of  a  service  so  divine  ? 
Oh  !  grant  our  lives  through  future  years 

One  long  festival  may  prove, 
And  we  from  seeds  first  sown  in  tear--. 

Fruits  may  reap  of  peace  and  love. 

P.  M. 


4.  FEAST  OF  DEDICATION. 

sat  Arbiter  of  human  late. 
Whose  glory  ne'er  decays' 
To  Thee  alone  we  dedicate 
The  Bong  and  ><>ul  oi  pi 


2  Thy  presence, J udah's  host  inspired, 

On  i  I  post    t"  rush  ; 

By  Thee  the  Maccabee  was  fired, 

Idolatry  to  crush. 

3  Amid  the  ruins  of  their  land, 

(In  Salem's  sad  declii 
Stood  forth  a  brave  but  scanty  band 

To  battle  for  their  shrine. 

4  In  bitterness  of  soul  they  wept. 

bout  the  temple  wall  ; 
For, weeds  around  its  courts,had  crept, 
And  foes  its  priests  enthral. 

'■)  Not  Long  to  vain  regrets  they  yield. 
But  for  their  cherished  feme, 

ved  by  true  faith  they  take  the  iieid. 
And  victory  obtain. 

G  But  whose  the  power,  whose  the  hand. 
Which  thus  to  triumph  led 
That  slender  but  heroic  band, 
From  which  blasphemers  fled  ? 

7  'Twas  Thine,  0  everlasting  King 

And  universal  Lord ! 
Whose  wonder  still  thy  servants  si1 
Whose  mercies  they  record. 

8  The  priest  of  God  his  robe  resume 

When  Israel's  warlike  guide 
The  sanctuary's  lamp  relumed, 
Ft.-  altar  purified. 

9  Oh!   thus  shall  Mercy's  hand  delight 

To  cleanse  the  blemished  heart, 

ndle  virtue's  waning  i:_ 
And  peace  and  truth  impart.  p.  & 


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God  dwells  in  light ! 
His  first  commanding  word  on  earth, 
Which  at  creation's  glorious  birth 
Resounded,  was:  "Let  there  be  light!" 

The  sun-lit  beam 

His  tender  stream. 
Of  love  a  symbol  clear  and  bright. 

L}  God  dwells  in  light ! 

Upon  the  lucid  paths  of  life, 
Redeemed  from  error,  inward  strife, 
Lei  us  proceed  by  wisdom  led  : 

In  happiness 

And  in  distress, 
The  light  of  God  be  on  us  shod  ! 

3  God  dwells  in  light ! 

A  holy,  heav'nly  spark  in  trust 
He  gave  to  ev'ry  child  of  dust. 
Prepared  by  Him,  th'  Eternal  One  ; 

A  brilliant  ray 

To  shine  by  day, 
But  not  to  set  when  life  is  gone. 

4  God  dwells  in  light ! 

He  broke  the  sinner's  mighty  hand. 
And  crushed  the  despot's  haughty  band. 
In  glorious  days  of  olden  time  ; 

And  ne'er  to  wane 

In  Israel's  fane 
Rekindled  was  His  light  Bublime. 

5  God  dwells  in  light ! 

In  Him,  oh!  let  us  now  rejoice, 
And  raise  to  him  the  hearl  and  voi 
Who  worketh  wonders  evermore; 


The  guiltless  bear 
With  light  to  cheer, 
He  changetn  not,  our  God  of  yore! 

6  God  dwells  in  light  ! 

He  touched  bhe  champions'  pious  hearts 
With  fire,  that  courage  e'er  imparts, 
For  faith  above  nil  time  and  space  ! 

Guard  truth  and  love, 

Sent  from  above — 
Thoudt  triumph  then,  God's  priestly  race! 

M.  M. 


m    Arise  !  let  the  souls  of  the   Hebrews 
rejoice, 
As  they  glorify  God  with  the  heart  and 

the  voice, 
Who  with  power  sublime  the  oppn 

did  crush, 
As  He  led  the  bold  Maccabee  onward  to 
rush. 

2  When  idolatry  darkened  that  beautiful 

land. 
Thy  spirit  inspired  and  nerved  a  brave 

band, — 
Nor  long  did  the  cloud  their  loved  temple 

surround, 
For  a  mighty  Hand  Judah  with  victory 

crowned. 

3  Then  th'  altar  so  sullied  by  blasphemy's 

breath, 
Became  holy  and  pure   neath  the  conquer- 
or's wreath  : 


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And  the  nations  of  God  clung  around  the 

lov'd  shrine, 
From  their  foes  thus  released   by  Thy 

mercy  divine. 

1  How  bright  o'er  her  ruins^shone  Salem's 
lone  star, 
As  the  Maccabee  proudly  came  forth  from 

the  war  ! 

And  from  many  brave  hearts  did  thanks- 
giving ascend, 

As  they  gathered  before  their  own  altar 
to  bend. 

5  Great  God  of  the  faithful !  unto  Thee, 

Thee  alone, 
Must  we  bow  in  submission  before  Thy 

great  throne  ; 
For  Thou,  0  Creator  !  in  Thy  mercy  wilt 

save 
And  redeem,  ev'ry  soul  from  the  gloom  of 

the  grave.  c.  M.  c. 


5.  FEAST  OF  ESTHER. 

iQK    Almighty  God!  Thy  special  .grace, 

Luu        jn  seasons  of  distress, 

Hath  ever,  by  the  Hebrew  race, 
Been  gratefully  contest. 

2  When  lots  were  cast,  with  evil  ami, 
Thy  people  to  destroy, 
From  Thee  the  greal  decision  came 
That  turned  tneir  bears  to  joy. 


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3  Earth's  mightiest,  at  Thy  decree, 

E'en  to  the  frailest  yield. 
And  Susa's  Bhore  and  Egypfc'e 
Proclaim  Thee  Israel's  Shield. 

4  The  mourner  at  the  palace-gate, 

The  maiden  on  the  tin 
Were  but  the  instruments  of  late 

To  make  God's  mercy  known. 

5  To  Thee  alone  the  praise  belongs, 

Who,  with  a  father's  hand, 

From  Judah's  race  averts  the  wrongs 
By  adversaries  planned. 

6  Let  proud,  ungodly  men,  elate 

With  triumphs  of  an  hour, 

Remember,  heaven  can  frustrate 

Each  dark  device  of  pow'r. 

7  Sov'reign  of  worlds  !    Thou  wilt  extend 

Thy  sceptre  to  the  just, 
The  rights  of  innocence  defend, 

And  bring  its  foes  to  dust.  P.  M. 

IQfJ  ^  God!    To-day  our  joyful  song  of  praise, 
1<7U        Which  grateful  love  and  piety  attune, 
Unto  Thy  glorious  throne  on  high  we 
raise, 
While  here  with  Thee  devoutly  we 
commune. 

•  12  Thou  scornest  falsehood,  hatest  vengeful 
plans, 
And  penetratest  all  malignant  hearts; 

Thine  all-pervading  eye  the  spirit  scans, 
That  from  religion's  holy  law  depart-. 


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3  Pure  innocence,  by  guilt  and  crime 

oppressed, 
Musi  often  weep,  by  Thee  unheeded  long; 
While  these  with  fortune's  rev'ling  joys 

are  blessed, 
Affliction,  pain,  and  grief  round  that  will 

throng. 

4  But  when,  at  last,  the  sinner's  cup 

o'er  flows, 

Thou  wilt,  0  God!  Thy  justice  yet 
reveal, 
The  deep-laid  schemes  of  crime  it  over- 
throws, 

To  punish  guilt,  and  innocence  to  heal. 

5  Sublime  reward  of  bliss,  thine  all-just  hand 

Will  on  long-suffering  piety  bestow, 
And  virtue's  brilliant  crown  and  golden 

band 
Will  then  adorn  her  calm  and  cheerful 

brow.  M.  M. 


6.  PASSOVER. 

i  07  Grod  of  the  earth,  the  air,  the  sea, 
■^  ■        Source  of  Israel's  salvation  ! 

Whose  power  set  our  fathers  free 

From  Egypt's  task  and  tribulation  ; 
Through  ages  shall  their  seed  proclaim 
Their  glorious  Redeemer's  name. 

2  Thy  angel  in  the  pillar  stood, . 

Towering,  by  turns,  in  flame  and  cloud, 


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And  bade  the  wain's  pass  o'er  the  flood, 

To  shield  the  meek  and  Mast  the  proud  ; 
The  song  of  Miriam  evermore 
Shall  echo  find  from  freedom's  shore, 

y  bosom  holds  a  chord. 
That  to  her  grateful  strain  responds, 
Ascribing  glory  to  the  Lord, 

Who  can  alone  break  human  bonds. 
Praise  to  the  Guide  of  Israel's  host, 
Who  maketh  vain  the  tyrant's  boast. 

Let  every  soul  be  purified 

From  dark  corruption  s  fatal  leaven, 

Nor  in  its  blind  and  stubborn  pride. 

Reject  the  manna  sent  from  heaven — - 
The  pure,  sweet  seed  of  revelation, 
By  Mercy  dropt  for  man's  salvation,     p.  m. 

^  Oh  !  let  us  mingle  heart  and  voice, 
In  unison  let  us  rejoice, 

To  one  great  God  appealing  ; 
The  children  of  the  Hebrew  race. 
Who,  tho'  divided  now  by  space, 
Are  linked  by  fate  and  feeling. 
Bondage  hath  ceased. 
And  freedom's  feast 
For  souls  relea 
By  mem'ry  kept. 
Each  chord  hath  swept, 
In  which  her  sacred  music  slept. 

2  The  sword  of  vengeance  flashed  abroad! 
ire  that  became  a  rod 
Bae  by  a  rod  been  broken  ; 


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The  child  redeemed  from  Nile's  great  flood, 
Has  changed  its  waters  into  blood  ! 
A  warning  and  a  token 

Of  plagues  reserved 
For.  those  who  swerved, 
By  [tower  nerved, 
From  laws  human'-. 
And  dared  constrain 
God's  witnesses  to  works  profane! 

The  clime  of  darkness  blacker  grows, 
No  beam  the  worship'd  sun-god  throws 

Within  the  heathen's  palace; 
Regardless  of  the  despot's  prayer 
Compell'd  with  trembling  and  with  ;• 
To  drain  the  bitter  chalice  ; 

Behold  and  praise 

God's  wondrous  ways 

Each  hour  display 

In  contrast  bright 

To  Egypt's  night 
On  Israel's  home  shines  perfect  light. 

And  thus  with  concentrated  ray 
On  all  who  heaven's  will  obey, 

What  e'er  may  be  their  station, 
Through  all  the  shadows  cast  by  time, 
Shall  rise  in  lustrous  grace  sublime 
The  blest  star  of  salvation  ! 

The  tyrant's  doom 

In  midnight  gloom. 

From  throne  to  bomb 

On  freedom's  spot 

It  resteth  not: 
Light  to  man's  spirit  there  is  brought. 


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xator !  Lord  ! 

•  to  us  its  palm  accord, 
Twined  with  faith's  pu]  reen  ; 

( >h  !  bless  the  rule]  h  Ian  a, 

Who  cause  its  branches  to  expand, 
h>  rare  fruitage  to  be  - 
-•  holy  King  ! 
Let  Judah  cling 
To  laws  that  sprii 
From  Mercy's  seat, 
While  at  Thy  feet  ' 
This  day's  memorial  we  repeat.  r.  m. 

Hallelujah  !   Praise  to  Thee, 
Mighty  God  of  victory  1 
Voice  of  Jacob,  now  repeat 
Paschal  anthems,  loud  and  sweet. 


2  Hallelujah!   God  hath  bowed 
Hearts  idolatrous  and  proud — 
Whelmed  amid  their  vain  career, 
Courser,  car,  and  charioteer  ! 

3  Hallelujah  !   Let  us  sing, 

Sound  the  trump,  the  timbrels  ring  ! 
Tyrant-kings  shall   never  more 
Scorn  the  God  that  we  adore. 

1    Hallelujah!   Spear  and  shield 
Vainly  may  the  strongest  wield  : 
Weak  the  cause  that  virtue  wrong.-, 
Triumph  but  to  truth  beloc 

o  Hallelujah!  Symbol  bright 
Of  divine,  impartial  i 

Is  the  sun  that  taketh  B 
Of  the  flower  and  the  weed. 


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6  Hallelujah  !   Even  so 
Mercy  beams  on  al]  below  ; 

Nor  to  .saints  its  smiles  confines, 
But  on  guilt  forgiving  shines. 

7  Hallelujah  !   Full  and  free 
Swelled  the  Hebrews'  choral  glee, 
As  to  Palestine  they  sped, 

By  the  God  of  battles  led. 

8  Hallelujah  !  May  our  race, 
Heirs  of  promise  and  of  grace, 
Enter  heav'n  beyond  life's  goal, 
Blessed  Canaan  of  the  soul ! 

Hallelujah  ! 

p.  M. 

900  ^01T  t°  God!   whose  outstretched  hand 
/0\/U  Hath  smitten  Pharaoh's  mighty  band. 

Let  songs  through  all  the  tribes  resound, 
Ransom  for  Israel  hath  been  found, 
A  refuge  from  the  scourge  and  chain, 
A  shield  from  the  oppressor's  reign. 

2  The  Red  Sea  is  in  triumph  nasi  : 
Praise  to  the  Ruler  of  the  blast ! 
At  whose  strong  breath  the  waves  rolled  by, 
And  left  the  deep  foundation  dry. 
Behold  the  pride  of  Egypt  checked, 
Her  princes,  priests,  and  warriors  wrecked. 

8  In  vain  to  helpless  gods  they  plead 
For  Buccor  in  the  hour  of  need; 
No  providence  like  ours  they  know, 
To  make  the  flood  its  prey  forego. 
Rider  and  Bteed  in  terror  sink. 
While  Judah  gains  the  desert's  brink. 


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8 

:  Thy  elect  ! 
Let  piet 
Whom  sin  in  fearful  bondage  holds! 

h  ael  !  hear  her  angel  b 
And  1  alone  ! 


Hallclniah! 

Sing  (  i -■■!■  thus  before  the  Lord, 
(  »  Israel !  with  one  accord 
His  name  thus  glorify  ; 
S  i  h  tribute  piety  demands 

m  dwellers  in  the  desert  Bands, 
And  nations  proud  and  high. 

Hallelujah! 

2  Hallelujah: 

In  battle,  who  shall  be  our  shield  ? 
By  whom  shall  our  wounds  be  healed, 

But  Thee,  0  God  supreme  ? 
Saviour,  in  danger  and  disl 
Who  can  alone  all  wrongs  red] 

And  man  from  sin  red 

Hallelujah! 

3  Hallelujah  ! 

When  before  Judah's  host  H«j  | 

Earth  from  its  orb  night's  Bhad 
And  brighter  grew  than  day  : 
■n  cloud, 
The  moving  eolumnsMusky  shroud. 
Unveiled  His  glory  lay. 

Hallelujah' 


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Hallelujah! 

On,  on  the  holy  standards  flew, 
And  victory  i  he  angel  knew 

Whose  light  her  course  controls; 
And  to  the  legions  of  the  Lord 
Grave  liberty — the  blest  reward 
Of  their  confiding  souls. 

Hallelujah  ! 

Hallelujah  ! 

Woe  to  the  courser  and  the  car, 
Struggling  to  stem  the  liquid  bar, 

That  would  their  progress  check  : 
Woe  to  the  prince,  whose  daring  band, 
Braved  Him,  in  whose  almighty  hand. 
Redemption  lies,  and  wreck. 

Hallelujah  ! 

Hallelujah! 

And  now  from  the  triumphant  ranks 
Sweet  minstrels  send  melodious  thanks 

To  God,  for  ever  near  ; 
Whose  spirit  like  the  parting  sun, 
Smiled  on  the  work  itself  had  done, 
And  left  a  glory  there. 

Hallelujah  ! 

Hallelujah! 

When  first  devotion's  heart  was  stirred, 
It  found  a  volume  on  this  word, 
Dropl  from  a  seraph's  tongue  : 
And,  oh!   when  life  is  on  the  wane. 
By  faith  shall  this  celestial  strain 
Be  i"  man's  spirit  sung. 

11  A.LLELUJAH  ! 

1'.    Iff. 


7.   PENTECOST. 


OAO  Lei  us  to  prayer!  it  is  the  holy  time, 
A\J/yj  When  Moses  Btood  on  Sinai's  mount 
sublime, 
Communing  with  that  uncreated  One, 
Whose  glory  on  his  brow  reflected  Shone. 


«  Earth  reeled  in  presence  of  its  mighty 
King, 
From  whom  eternal  truth  and  knowledge 

_  spring; 
Red  lightnings  quivered  o'er  the  conscious 
sod, 

As  man  revealed  the  graven  laws  oi 

3  0  house  of  Jacob!  upon  "eagles'  wings" 
•     Triumphant  borne  through  desert 

wanderings  ; 
Ye  who  have  been  the  Lord's  peculiar 

choice, 
For  ever  in  that  covenant  rejoice  ! 

4  Oh!  treasure  until  life  itself  departs 

Those  precious  statutes  in  your  inmosl 

hearts  ! 
Cause  every  member  oi'  your  household 

band 
Daily  to  meditate  on  each  command  : 

5  Until  the  spirit  of  those  words  divine, 
Sheds  on  their  souls  its  influence  benign  ! 
Blessing  and  curse  are  both  before  y 
May  ye  the  promise  win,  and  ward  the 

threal  !  p.  if. 


21  ><  I 

OAO   Rejoice  in  God,  our  mighty  Rock, 
/j\jO       Whose  promise,  blissful  and  sublime, 
Intrusted  bo  his  chosen  flock, 

Will  be  fulfilled  in  future  tine, 
And  Israel  with  glory  crown 'd. 

Shall  sanctify  His  holy  Name; 
'His  doctrines  pure  and  truths  profound 
All  earth  will  then  with  joy  proclaim. 

2  "Of  nations  be  thou  mine  elect, 

A  priestly  kingdom  unto  me  ; 
Within  thy  midst  the  fane  erect 

Of  light,  and  truth,  and  charity. 
My  spirit  then  will  ever  rest 

On  thee,  the  people  of  my  heart ; 
My  word,  our  covenant's  behest, 

Will  never  from  thy  race  depart  I" 

3  Thou  hast,  0  Father  !  faithfully 

Kept  that  paternal  covenant. 
Protected  'gainst  calamity 

And  cruel  scorn  Thy  chosen  band. 
Hast  been  with  them,  where'er  they 
dwelt, 

And  hearkened,  when  from  bitter  grief 
Before  Thine  altar  down  they  knelt. 

To  supplicate  Thee  for  relief. 

4  Again  we  now  before  Thee  stand, 

0  God  of  old  !  with  festal  glee  ; 
Free  children  of  a  glorious  land 

The  covenant  renew  with  Thee. 
For  tho'  deep  error's  heavy  guilt 

Rests  yet  upon  our  heart  and  soul, 
Thy  word's  inheritance  Thou  wilt 

That  we  should  guard  to  life's  last  goal. 


5  And  when  religion's  victory 

Will  all  the  earth  have  sanctified, 
Tin1  heav'nly  rule  of  charity 

The  hearts' of  mankind  purified  : — 
Then  will  all  o'er  the  world  resound 

Again  that  holy,  awful  word. 
Proclaimed  to  US  on  Sinai's  mount  : 

" I  <vm  tK  Eternal  God,  thy  Lord  ! 

6  And  into  one  great  brotherhood 

That  call  the  human  race  will  turn: 
To  know  Thee  to  be  just  and  good, 

And  love  each  other  they  will  learn 
The  patient  lamb  and  quiet  shi 

With  wolves  and  lions  strong  will  play 
And  heav'nly  peace,  serene  and  deep, 

Will  Bhed  "ii  earth  its  blissful  ray. 

7  And  all  will  worship  Thee  alone, 

Our  sole  Redeemer,  God,  and  Lord  ! 
Contention  will  no  more  be  known 

On  earth,  enlightened  by  Thy  word. 
All  men,  inspired  by  truth  and  love. 

With  "lie  accord  will  then  exclaim: 
*:  The  Lord  is  ONE  in  heav'n  above, 

And  ONE  on  earth  His  glorious  Name ! ' 

M.  M. 

90-1  ^e  bring  n°t  t°  our  holy  shrine, 
&v*±  Grath'rings  like  those  of  Palestine; 

No  gohh  is,  or  olives  green, 

Or  clustering  grapes  may  there  be  seen  : 

2  No  harvest-song  is  heard  to  swell, 
Where  Hebrews  in  their  exile  dwell  : 
Yet  mourn  not  Israel  for  this, 
Brin"  ye  the  fruits  of  righteousness! 


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3  Cultivate  virtue's  holy  ground, 
Where  pure  philanthropy  is  found; 
That  human  vine  which  in  its  folds, 
With  loving  clasp  its  neighbor  holds. 

4  Let  peace  its  palmy  branches  spread, 
And  charity  its  balm-drops  shed  ; 
Meek  faith  unto  the  altar  bring, 
And  tears  tor  trespass-offering. 

5  Fruits  of  the  spirit  consecrate 
To  God,  supremely  wise  and  gr< 
Reapers  of  grace  shall  ye  then  be 

In  fields  of  immortality.  p.  M. 


VIII.  CONFIRMATION  HYMNS. 

OAK   God!  to  my  spirit's  great  delight, 
A\h)       I  Thy  law  in  childhood  lean  km]. 

When  faith  towards  my  wondering  sight, 

Thine  eternal  tablets  turned  ; 
Showing  with  what  abundant  grace, 

Father  !  Thou  with  hand  divine 
Didst  those  great  testimonies  tn 
Which  now  mark  man's  moral  line. 

2  Young  are  the  lips  that  venture  now. 

In  thy  gracious  presence,  Lord! 
To  pronounce  the  solemn  vow, 

Listening  angels  will  record  ; 
Yet  firmly,  freely  we  respond 

Unto  piety's  appeal, 
Now  to  take  on  us  the  bond* 

Under  confirmation's  Beal  ' 


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".  A    members  enter  Israel's  fold, 
With  consent  of  heart  and  mind, 

In  fellowship  of  faith  enrolled, 
Until  life  shall  be  resigned  ; 

In  every  clime  beneath  the  sun, 

Loudly  will  we  e'er  proclaim, 

That  the  Lord  our  God  is  Ont  ! 
And  adore  777s  holy  name. 

4  Heavenly  Sire  !  watchers  station 

O'er  the  wavering  and  the  weak, 

Who  the  meshes  of  temptation, 

Have  not  strength  enough  to  break  ; 

Oh  !   let  not  sin.  (an  infant  vet 
Ar  the  threshold  of  the  soul.) 

There  mature,  decoys  to  set. 
All  its  movements  to  control. 

5  Guide  <>f  innocence  !  direct  us 

Onward  to  salvation's  road, 
From  those  passions  still  protect  us. 

Which  e'en  youthful  hearts  corrode. 
Links  of  love  let  us  not  sever, 

By  rude  strife  or  wrathful  words; 
But  unite  in  kind  endeavor, 

Closer  still  to  bind  its  chords. 

G  Thou  sendest  angels  pure  to  guard 

The  cradles  by  our  mother  rocked, 
These  first  the  gates  of  truth  unbarred, 

And  with  these  in  prayer  we  talked. 
And  when  in  earth's  last  cradle  set, 

The  trembling  soul  would  heav'n  reach. 
These  as  its  holy  guardians  yet 

Shall  tic  young  immortal  teach.  r.  m. 


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OA/?   Happy  he  whom  nature  mouldeth, 

/OvU       Virtue's  impress  to  receive, — 
Whom  her  moral  law  upholdeth, 
And  will  to  her  practice  cleave. 

2  Happy  he  who  seeks  promotion 

Only  where  her  ranks  are  found  ; 
Disciplined  by  true  devotion, 
Fearlessly  to  tread  her  ground. 

3  Happy  he  who,  young  and  tender, 

Enters  piety's  abode  ; 
Prayers  to  breathe,  and  praises  rentier, 
For  the  gifts  by  God  bestow'd. 

4  Happy  he  who  as  his  preacher 

Hath  that  angel  from  above, 
Frailty's  most  indulgent  teacher  ; 
Blessed,  pure,  benignant  love  ; 

5  Who  as  Mercy's  envoy  meekly 

Judges  young  transgressors  here. 
In  unguarded  moments  weakly 
Drawn  into  corruption's  sphere  ; 

6  Who,  when  earthly  parents  perish, 

Tidings  to  the  orphan  brings  : 
God  the  fatherless  will  cherish 
'Neath  the  shadow  of  His  wing 

7  Happy  he  who  humbly  hearkens 

To  religion's  voice  in  youth, 
That  when  time  his  prospect  darkens, 
Cheers  him  with  the  beams  of  truth. 

8  Turn  then,  0  ye  young  and  careless  ! 

Leave  awhile  your  sports,  to  learn 
Laws  to  which,  in  seasons  cheerless, 
Ye  for  light  and  warmth  may  turn  : 


9  Precepts  thai  shall  overpower 
Peril,  poverty,  and  pain, 
Such  as  in  the  last  dread  hour, 
Victory  o'er  death  shall  gain] 

10  Faith  on  her  erring  children  calleth, 
G  d's  forgiveness  to  implore; 
Promising  each  tear  that  falleth, 

Ransom  shall  for  sin  procure.  p.  ii, 

907  Go(1  ut  my  1:itners!  in  Tliy  ^slit: 

•4  v  '        With  reverential  awe,  I  vow 
To  be  confirmed  an  Israelite, 

And  only  at  Thy  altar  bow. 
Merciful  Lord!  with  grief  intense, 

I  think,  how  often  when  a  child, 
The  paradise  of  innocence 

Was  by  my  passions  rude,  defiled, 

~1  Oi't  did  my  wayward  spirit  break 

The  prime  injunction  of  Thy  law, 
I  for  some  worthless  idol's  sake, 

Its  worship  from  Thyself  withdraw. 
And,  oh  !  tho1  from  Thy  holy  book 

Another  text  was  daily  read, 
Vainly  Thy  sacred  name  I  took, 

By  levity  or  anger  led. 

o  Blest  Sabbath!   nature's  golden  hours. 

Holy,  sanctified,  serene, 
When  children  yet  with  youthful  pow'rs, 

The  fruits  of  godliness  should  glean, 
No  incense  from  that  little  urn, 

Where  infant  life  its  spark  secretes, 
Was  brought  before  Thy  shrine  to  burn, 

Whose  bounty  lavished  countless  sweets 


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Nor,  though  an  angel's  voice  might  call 

For  silence  in  the  house  of  pray'r, 
And  show  the  writing  on  the  wall : 

"Know  before  whom  thou  Btandest 
here ! " 
From  idle  converse  would  I  pause  : 

Regardless  of  paternal  threats 
'Gainst  those  who  coldly  serve  Thy  cause 

I  failed  to  pay  my  filial  debts. 

Remembrance  now  my  soul  alarms, 

By  bringing  back  in  sad  review, 
The  guardians  to  whose  fost'ring  arms 

In  suff'ring  I,  or  sorrow  flew, 
Wounded  by  my  rebellious  ways, 

Infringing  on  that  great  command  : 
''Honor  thy  parents,  that  thy  days 

Be  long  and  happy  in  the  land." 

"Thou  shalt  not  covet  !"  Woe  is  me  ! 

Forgetful  of  that  charge  divine, 
Not  without  envy  could  I  see 

A  neighbor's  gift  excelling  mine  ! 
0  gracious  God  !  dare  I  then  stand 

Before  Thee  as  a  candidate 
For  place  among  the  chosen  band, 

Who  shall  Thy  law  perpetuate? 

But  hark  !  A  seraph  whispers  now  : 

"Courage!  and  from  thy  sins  departl 
God  will  accept  thy  contrite  vow. 

And  make  thee  of  His  Fold  a  part. 
Be  thou  a  Hebrew,  sanctified, 

His  Unity  to  promulgate, 
Nor,  tho'  dissenting  brothers  chide, 

From  thy  great  purpose  deviate. 


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"In  Providence  then  firmly  tri 

E'en  when  it  Beemeth  most  to  frown  ; 
It  raiseth  meekness  from  the  dust, 

And  to  it  brings  the  haughty  down, 
promise  reacheth  to  the  tomb, 

Whence  righteous  spirits  shall  migrate, 
Immortal  graces  to  assume, 

And  all  His  glory  contemplate."      p.  bl 


APPENDIX. 


SCHOOL   HYMNS. 

OAQ   Oh!   fill  our  hearts,  Almighty  King! 
6\)0       with  gratitude  to  Thee, 

That  we  Thy  praise  may  gladly  sing, 
In  all  humility. 

2  May  we  instruction  now  receive, 

With  willing  heart  and  mind, 
And  all  Thy  laws,  0  God  !  believe, 
Who  art  so  just  and  kind  ; 

3  Who  watchest  o'er  our  actions  here, 

And  guardest  us  from  ill  ; 

Oh  !  teach  us  humbly  to  revere, 

And  bow  before  Thy  will. 

4  And  when  our  souls  thou  callest  hence 

To  life  beyond  the  tomb, 
May  there  our  youth  we  recommence, 
For  everlasting  bloom. 

With  grateful  hearts  of  song  and  praise 
And  filial  love  to  Thee  we  raise, 
For  all  that  Thou  hast  ever  done 
For  us,  Thy  children,  holy  One  ! 

To  Thee  our  life  and  health  we  owe, 
And  ev'ry  competence  below  ; 
Our  soul  immortal  thou  hast  given, 

To  dwell  again  with  Thee  in  heaven. 


3  I  Mir  tender  age  by  parents  dear 

Is  watched  with  never-tiring  care  ; 
May  we  with  joyful  willingness 
Their  counsels  on  our  hearts  impres 

4  Our  teachers,  true  in  deed  and  word, 
Instruct  us  in  Thy  law,  0  Lord  ! 
May  we  this  law  before  as  set, 

And  their  monitions  ne'er  forget  ! 

5  Do  Thou  assist  us.  while  we  strive 
On  earth  with  all  in  peace  to  1/ 
And  grant  us,  alter  death,  0  King! 
With  angels  joined,  Thy  praise  to  sing  ! 

M.  If. 

O]  A  Almighty  God  !  we  pray  to  Thee, 
nj  J.V       To  lead  us  with  paternal  hand, 

In  paths  of  truth  and  piety  ; 

And  teach  us  well  to  understand, 

Tho'  young  in  years.  Thy  holy  will, 

And  all  our  duties  to  fulfill. 

2  Bestow  Thy  blessing,  holy  Lord  ! 

On  those  who,  with  untiring  zeal. 
Teach  us  Thine  everlasting  word  : 

A  guide  through  life,  in  woe  and  weal, 
A  shield  against  the  snares  of  sin. 
A  help  Thy  pleasure  e'er  to  win. 

3  May  we  in  wisdom,  Lord!  progr*  a 

daily  practice  ever  Bhow 
That  truly  we  Thy  law  pr< 

And  Btrive  by  all  our  toils  below, 
To  gain,  at  last,  the  choicest  priz< — 
!'.■ ,  nal  bliss  beyond  th\  skies.  M.  M. 


210' 

PSALM    OF    DAVID. 

MEEZEMORE. 

Haboo  ladonai  bansl-aleem,  haboo  Ladonai 
kabode  va-ngoze,  Haboo  ladonai  kabode  shamo^ 
hishta-chavva  Ladonai  ba-hadrat  Kodesh.  Kole 
adonai  ngal-hani&yeem  ale-chd-k&bode  hir-ngeem 
adonai  ngal  m&yeem-r&beem.  Kole  adonai 
ba-koaeh  kole  adonai  ba-liadar.  Kole  adonai  sho- 
bare  ara-zeem,  va-islia-bare  e-tar-za  ha-la-banon 
va-yar-kedame  kamo  ngaguel  labanon  vashuryon 
kamo  ben-rai-ameme.  Kole  adonai  chotsabe 
lahabote  ashe.  Kole  adonai  ya-cheel  midbar, 
yacheel  adonai  midbar  kadoshe,  kole  adonai 
ya-cho-lale  aya-lote.  vasofe  yangarote  oob-ha- 
chalo,  koolo  omare  kabode.  Adonai  li-m&bule 
yasheb  vayasheb  adonai  malecli  langolam  adonai 
ngose  la-ngamo-yetane  adonai  yaba-rach  et- 
ngnamo  ba-sh&-lome. 


AH-DO-NGO-LAM 

Ah-do-ngo-lam  gt-share  malach  ba-ta-reru 

Kol  yet-sar  neeb-ra, 

Langet  nang-sa  Kaheftsokol  aixni 

Malech  sha-mo-nikra, 

Va  &chare-kick  tohhakol  labado  yeemloch  nora. 

Vah&h&yoh  vahohova  vehuyeya  bateefar&, 

Vahooachad  va-ensh&ne  lahamshelo  Ia-achber£ 
Balerashete,  balatochlete  valosbngoze  v&-&meesr&, 
Balingnerech,baledimjone,baleshenoove-atmurah, 
Balecnebure,     baleferood,     gadole-koach 
vah&gabo<  >rd, 


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Vahoo-ale  vacha-go-ale  vatzoor  cheeble  bayome 

T/.a-rah. 
Vahoonesee    hoo-ma-noose    manet-kosee    bayome 

ek-rah. 

Bayado  afkeed  roo-che  bengeteshaD  ve-angerah, 
Beyimruche  gaveyatee  adonai  le  yaloe 


YIGDAL. 

Yigdal  alohimcha  ravish  ta-bach 

m-tzar  ve-a-ngnet-el  ma-tze  oo  to, 
Echad  vaaneya  chid  kayehudo, 
Nanglam  vagaiD  en  Buf  la  ach  dooto. 
Enlo  damool   ha  goof  va  a  noo  goof. 
Lo  aa   ogai  ach  alan  Kadooshato, 

Imone  lachal  dabar  a  Bher  neebra, 
Rashone  va  ane  rasheel   larash-e-toh. 
Eno  adone  ngolam  lachol  notzar, 

a   gadoolato  hoomalchuto. 
Shafang  nabooatoh  natango-ale, 
Ansha  sagoolato  vateefar-to 
Lokam  bayisrael  kamosha-ngode, 

oomabeetel  tamoo-nato, 
Torat  a  met  natan  langamoel, 
Ngalyad  nabeo  ahman-bato. 
Loyar  ha-lef-ael  valo-yamcer  dato 

golamim   lazulato 

-ang  sa-tara-noo 
Mabeel   lasofe  dabar  bechad-mooto. 

■  I  la-ish  kamif-ngato 

Jfoten  larashangrang  kareesh-ngato. 
Y<  eshlach  lakaatz-yamim  mashechanoo 
Lifdote  machaka-kaatz  yashoo-ng  I 


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Mateem  yachdyahel  barobe  chasdo, 
Baruch  ngad  dangad  shem  t&el&to. 
Aia  shalosh  ngesra  laneek  raneem 
Enam  yasod&tel   vator&to. 

(Repeat  Mateem.) 


ANE-KA-LO-HA-NOO. 

1  Anekalohanoo,  Anek&donanu, 
Anekamalkanoo,  Anekamo  sheenganoo, 
Mekalohanoo,  Mekadouauoo, 
Mekamalkanoo,  Mekamoshenganoo. 

2  Nodal  olahanoo,  Nodaladouauoo, 
Nodalamalkanoo,  Nodalamo-shenganoo, 
Baruch  alohauoo,  Baruch  adonauoo 
Baruch  Malkanoo  Baruch  moshenganoo. 

3  Ata  oolohanoo,  Ata  ooladouauoo, 
Ata  oomalkanoo,  Ata  oomosheugauoo, 
Ata  toshengano,  Ata  takoom  tara 
Chemtzeyone  kenget  laheungena  kd>a  monged. 


